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                                   5243
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal  law,  in  relation  to  assaults  on  traffic
   enforcement agents and city marshals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1  of  section  70.02  of  the
 penal  law, as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
 class  B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
 vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined  in  section  125.21,
 aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the  second  degree as defined in section
 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police  officer,  firefighter  [or],
 emergency  medical  services  professional, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR
 CITY MARSHAL as defined in section 120.08, assault on a judge as defined
 in section 120.09, gang assault in  the  second  degree  as  defined  in
 section  120.06, strangulation in the first degree as defined in section
 121.13, burglary in the second degree  as  defined  in  section  140.25,
 robbery  in  the  second  degree  as defined in section 160.10, criminal
 possession of a weapon in  the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section
 265.03,  criminal  use  of  a firearm in the second degree as defined in
 section 265.08, criminal sale of a  firearm  in  the  second  degree  as
 defined  in section 265.12, criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a
 minor as defined in section 265.14, aggravated criminal possession of  a
 weapon as defined in section 265.19, soliciting or providing support for
 an  act  of  terrorism in the first degree as defined in section 490.15,
 hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree  as  defined  in
 section  490.30, and criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biolog-
 ical weapon in the third degree as defined in section 490.37.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   § 2. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 476 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 § 120.08 Assault  on  a peace officer, police officer, firefighter [or],
            emergency medical services professional, TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT
            AGENT OR CITY MARSHAL.
   A  person  is  guilty  of  assault on a peace officer, police officer,
 firefighter  [or],  emergency  medical  services  professional,  TRAFFIC
 ENFORCEMENT  AGENT  OR CITY MARSHAL when, with intent to prevent a peace
 officer, police officer, 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, [or] an  emer-
 gency medical service paramedic [or], AN emergency medical service tech-
 nician, A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR A CITY MARSHAL, from performing a
 lawful  duty,  he  or  she  causes serious physical injury to such peace
 officer, police officer, firefighter, paramedic [or], technician,  TRAF-
 FIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR CITY MARSHAL.
   Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter [or], emergen-
 cy  medical  services  professional,  TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR CITY
 MARSHAL is a class C felony.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.