Assembly Bill A2385

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases the penalty for assaults involving a sports official

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2385 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S187
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, add §240.33, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A829, S1052
2013-2014: A4942

2011-A2385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes the intentional causing of physical injury to a sports official a class D felony of assault in the second degree; creates class B misdemeanor of aggravated harassment of a sports official when a person, with intent to annoy, harass, threaten or alarm a sports official, strikes or expectorates on such official.

2011-A2385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2385

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GABRYSZAK, WEISENBERG, BURLING, HOYT, JAFFEE,
  CASTRO, CUSICK, ROBINSON, ENGLEBRIGHT,  MAISEL,  MAYERSOHN  --  Multi-
  Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.   CORWIN, DESTITO, GALEF, GUNTHER, HAWLEY,
  KOLB, LATIMER, LUPARDO, MAGEE, McENENY,  MENG,  PHEFFER,  SCARBOROUGH,
  SCHIMEL,  TITONE,  TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  the  assault  on  sports
  officials

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 10, 11 and 12 of section 120.05 of  the  penal
law,  subdivision 10 as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2000, subdi-
vision 11 as separately amended by chapters 318 and 345 of the  laws  of
2010  and subdivision 12 as added by chapter 68 of the laws of 2008, are
amended and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
  10. Acting at a place the person knows, or reasonably should know,  is
on school grounds and with intent to cause physical injury, he or she:
  (a)  causes  such  injury  to an employee of a school or public school
district; or
  (b) not being a student of such  school  or  public  school  district,
causes physical injury to another, and such other person is a student of
such  school  who  is attending or present for educational purposes. For
purposes of this subdivision the term "school grounds"  shall  have  the
meaning  set  forth  in  subdivision  fourteen of section 220.00 of this
chapter[.]; OR
  11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train  operator,  ticket
inspector,  conductor,  signalperson,  bus  operator  or  station  agent
employed by any transit agency, authority or company, public or private,
whose operation is authorized by New York state or any of its  political
subdivisions,  a  city  marshal,  a traffic enforcement officer, traffic
enforcement agent or sanitation enforcement agent, registered  nurse  or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01436-01-1
              

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