S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4214
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 1, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated assault upon a
police officer
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 120.11 of the penal law, as amended by section 283
of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
§ 120.11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer.
A person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a police officer or a
peace officer when[, with]:
(A) WITH intent to cause serious physical injury to a person whom he
OR SHE knows or reasonably should know to be a police officer or a peace
officer engaged in the course of performing his OR HER official duties,
he OR SHE causes such injury by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous
instrument; OR
(B) WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO A PERSON WHOM HE OR SHE
KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW TO BE A POLICE OFFICER OR A PEACE OFFI-
CER ENGAGED IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING HIS OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES AND
WHEN AIDED BY TWO OR MORE OTHER PERSONS ACTUALLY PRESENT AT AN ASSEMBLY
IN A PUBLIC PLACE, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
240.00 OF THIS PART, HE OR SHE CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH POLICE
OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER.
Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer is a class
B felony.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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