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Assembly Bill A9870

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of police officers, peace officers, court officers, emergency medical technicians or paramedics

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2011-A9870 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S464
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง240.33, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4629
2013-2014: A2084, S5307
2015-2016: A3989

2011-A9870 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of police officers, peace officers, court officers, emergency medical technicians or paramedics; provides that such crime is a class E felony.

2011-A9870 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9870

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 19, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOLDFEDER  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
  aggravated  harassment of police officers, peace officers, court offi-
  cers, emergency medical technicians or paramedics

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.33 to
read as follows:
S 240.33 AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, COURT
          OFFICER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR PARAMEDIC.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE
OFFICER, COURT OFFICER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR  PARAMEDIC  WHEN
WITH  INTENT  TO HARASS, ANNOY, THREATEN, HARM OR ALARM A PERSON WHOM HE
OR SHE KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW TO BE A POLICE OFFICER,  A  PEACE
OFFICER,  COURT  OFFICER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  OR  PARAMEDIC
ENGAGED IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING HIS OR HER OFFICIAL  DUTIES,  HE  OR
SHE  CAUSES  THE POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, COURT OFFICER, EMERGENCY
MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR PARAMEDIC TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH BLOOD, SEMINAL
FLUID, SALIVA, URINE OR FECES, BY THROWING, TOSSING  OR  EXPELLING  SUCH
FLUID OR MATERIAL.
  AGGRAVATED  HARASSMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, COURT OFFI-
CER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR PARAMEDIC IS A CLASS E FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00787-01-1

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