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Senate Bill S7114

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to elevating an assault of a New York city department of environmental protection employee or department of parks and recreation employee to the class D felony of assault in the second degree

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2017-S7114 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L

2017-S7114 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to elevating an assault of a New York city department of environmental protection employee or department of parks and recreation employee to the class D felony of assault in the second degree.

2017-S7114 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7114 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7114
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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
   New  York  city  department  of  environmental  protection employee or
   department of parks and recreation employee to the class D  felony  of
   assault in the second degree
 
   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  267  of  the  laws  of 2016, is amended to read as
 follow:
   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, public health
 sanitarian,  New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforce-
 ment agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter, including  a
 firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician admin-
 istering  first  aid  in the course of performance of duty as such fire-
 fighter, an emergency medical service  paramedic  or  emergency  medical
 service  technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospital emer-
 gency department, a city marshal,  a  school  crossing  guard  appointed
 pursuant  to section two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, a
 traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent,  NEW  YORK  CITY
 DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EMPLOYEE, NEW YORK CITY DEPART-
 MENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION EMPLOYEE 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 offi-
 cer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one  of
 section  1.20  of the criminal procedure law, registered nurse, licensed
 practical nurse, public health sanitarian, New York city  public  health
 sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city sanitation work-

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