| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2014 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S6382
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
2013-S6382 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S6382 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6382
TITLE OF BILL: 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
PURPOSE:
The bill elevates assault of a utility worker in the second degree to
a class D felony.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would amend subdivision 3 of section 120.05 of the penal law
elevating an assault in the third degree to a class D felony when a
utility worker performing an essential service is injured during the
course of performing his/her lawful duty.
JUSTIFICATION:
Utility workers are with increasing frequency the victims of assault
and aggression. In particular, customer field representatives, who
read meters and make repairs, are vulnerable to crime because they
work outdoors, at all hours of the night and enter crime-ridden, drug
infested buildings. It has been reported that utility workers have
been shot, stabbed, and even in some instances killed. It is currently
2013-S6382 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6382
I N S E N A T E
January 21, 2014
___________
Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee 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. Subdivision 3 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, prosecu-
tor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal
procedure law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation
enforcement agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter,
including a firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical tech-
nician 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 hospi-
tal emergency department, a city marshal, a traffic enforcement officer
[or], traffic enforcement agent OR EMPLOYEE OF ANY ENTITY GOVERNED BY
THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE,
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, prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of
section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, registered nurse, licensed
practical nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city sanitation
worker, firefighter, paramedic, technician, city marshal, traffic
enforcement officer or traffic enforcement agent, he or she causes phys-
ical injury to such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined
in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law,
registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation enforcement
agent, New York city sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic, techni-
cian or medical or related personnel in a hospital emergency department,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11655-02-4
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