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Assembly Bill A7704

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the utility worker protection act

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2011-A7704 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5400
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง120.05, Pen L

2011-A7704 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Elevates assault of a utility worker in the second degree to a class D felony; includes an employee of any entity governed by the public service law within such provisions.

2011-A7704 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7704

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 16, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to elevating an assault of  a
  utility worker in the second degree to a class D felony

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "utility
worker protection act".
  S  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as separately
amended by chapters 318 and 345 of the laws of 2010, is amended to  read
as follows:
  3.  With  intent  to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, regis-
tered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation enforcement  agent,  a
firefighter,  including a firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency
medical technician administering first aid in the course of  performance
of  duty  as such firefighter, an emergency medical service paramedic or
emergency medical service technician, or medical or related personnel in
a hospital emergency department, a city marshal, a  traffic  enforcement
officer  [or],  traffic  enforcement  agent  OR AN EMPLOYEE OF AN ENTITY
GOVERNED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING AN ESSEN-
TIAL SERVICE, from performing a lawful duty, by means including  releas-
ing  or  failing  to  control an animal under circumstances evincing the
actor's intent that the animal obstruct  the  lawful  activity  of  such
peace  officer,  police  officer,  registered  nurse, licensed practical
nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, firefighter, paramedic, technician,
city marshal, traffic enforcement officer or traffic enforcement  agent,
he  or she causes physical injury to such peace officer, police officer,
registered  nurse,  licensed  practical  nurse,  sanitation  enforcement
agent,  firefighter, paramedic, technician or medical or related person-
nel in a hospital emergency department, city marshal,  traffic  enforce-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11433-05-1

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