Senate Bill S641B

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 641--B

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
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Introduced  by  Sens. GOLDEN, GALLIVAN, PARKER, ROBACH -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Codes  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
  committee

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  protecting  employees  of
  social  services  districts,  local  juvenile  detention agencies, and
  persons involved in cases handled by such agencies from assault

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law,
as separately amended by chapters 318 and 345 of the laws of  2010,  are
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 EMPLOYEE OF A LOCAL SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT OR EMPLOYEE AT A DETENTION FACILITY  ADMINISTERED  AND
OPERATED  BY  ANY  COUNTY  OR  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, from performing a
lawful duty, by means including  releasing  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

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

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enforcement officer or traffic enforcement agent, OR EMPLOYEE OF A LOCAL
SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  OR EMPLOYEE AT A DETENTION FACILITY ADMINIS-
TERED AND OPERATED BY ANY COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS  OF ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, 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 personnel in a hospital
emergency department, city marshal, traffic enforcement officer or traf-
fic enforcement agent, OR EMPLOYEE OF A LOCAL SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT
OR  EMPLOYEE  AT  A  DETENTION FACILITY ADMINISTERED AND OPERATED BY ANY
COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  ARTICLE
NINETEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; 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
licensed practical  nurse,  OR  EMPLOYEE  OF  A  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES
DISTRICT  OR  EMPLOYEE AT A DETENTION FACILITY ADMINISTERED AND OPERATED
BY ANY COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK  PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, he or she causes physical inju-
ry  to  such  train operator, ticket inspector, conductor, signalperson,
bus operator or station agent, city marshal, traffic  enforcement  offi-
cer,  traffic  enforcement agent, registered nurse or licensed practical
nurse [or], sanitation enforcement agent, OR EMPLOYEE OF A LOCAL  SOCIAL
SERVICES  DISTRICT  OR EMPLOYEE AT A DETENTION FACILITY ADMINISTERED AND
OPERATED BY ANY  COUNTY  OR  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  PURSUANT  TO  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  ARTICLE  NINETEEN-G  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, while such
employee is performing an assigned duty on, or directly related to,  the
operation  of  a train or bus, or such city marshal, traffic enforcement
officer, traffic enforcement agent, registered nurse or licensed practi-
cal nurse [or], sanitation enforcement agent, OR  EMPLOYEE  OF  A  LOCAL
SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  OR EMPLOYEE AT A DETENTION FACILITY ADMINIS-
TERED AND OPERATED BY ANY COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, is performing  an
assigned duty.
  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.