Assembly Bill A4926A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to assault in the second degree

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A4926 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1451
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9401, S6895
2017-2018: A6599, S4325
2019-2020: A5145
2021-2022: A3384

2015-A4926 - Summary

Relates to deeming assault on a station customer assistant, any person whose official duties include the sale of tickets, passes, vouchers or other payment of fare to use a train or bus, the maintenance or operation of a train or bus, or the maintenance or operation of a train or bus station or terminal while in performance of their assigned duties to be assault in the second degree.

2015-A4926 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4926

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. COOK, CLARK, DenDEKKER, CRESPO, TITUS, HOOPER --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  deeming  assault  on  a
  station  customer  assistant,  maintainer, cleaner or janitor while in
  performance of their assigned duties  to  be  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 11 of section  120.05  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  196  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
  11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train  operator,  ticket
inspector,  conductor,  signalperson,  bus operator [or], station agent,
STATION CUSTOMER ASSISTANT, ANY PERSON WHOSE OFFICIAL DUTIES INCLUDE THE
SALE OF TICKETS, PASSES, VOUCHERS OR OTHER PAYMENT  OF  FARE  TO  USE  A
TRAIN  OR  BUS, ANY PERSON WHOSE OFFICIAL DUTIES INCLUDE THE MAINTENANCE
OR OPERATION OF A TRAIN OR BUS STATION OR TERMINAL employed by any tran-
sit 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 school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section  two
hundred  eight-a  of  the  general  municipal law, a traffic enforcement
officer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in subdivision
thirty-one of section 1.20 of the  criminal  procedure  law,  sanitation
enforcement  agent, New York city sanitation worker, registered nurse or
licensed practical nurse he or she causes physical injury to such  train
operator,  ticket inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator [or],
station agent, STATION CUSTOMER ASSISTANT,  ANY  PERSON  WHOSE  OFFICIAL
DUTIES INCLUDE THE SALE OF TICKETS, PASSES, VOUCHERS OR OTHER PAYMENT OF
FARE TO USE A TRAIN OR BUS, ANY PERSON WHOSE OFFICIAL DUTIES INCLUDE THE
MAINTENANCE  OR  OPERATION  OF  A  TRAIN OR BUS STATION OR TERMINAL city

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00624-01-5
              

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2015-A4926A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1451
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9401, S6895
2017-2018: A6599, S4325
2019-2020: A5145
2021-2022: A3384

2015-A4926A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to deeming assault on a station customer assistant, any person whose official duties include the sale of tickets, passes, vouchers or other payment of fare to use a train or bus, the maintenance or operation of a train or bus, or the maintenance or operation of a train or bus station or terminal while in performance of their assigned duties to be assault in the second degree.

2015-A4926A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4926--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. COOK, DenDEKKER, CRESPO, TITUS, HOOPER -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord-
  ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law, in relation to deeming assault on a
  station customer assistant, maintainer, cleaner or  janitor  while  in
  performance  of  their  assigned  duties  to  be 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  11  of  section  120.05 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 487 of the laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  11.  With  intent to cause physical injury to a train operator, ticket
inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator  [or],  station  agent,
STATION CUSTOMER ASSISTANT, ANY PERSON WHOSE OFFICIAL DUTIES INCLUDE THE
SALE  OF  TICKETS,  PASSES,  VOUCHERS  OR OTHER PAYMENT OF FARE TO USE A
TRAIN OR BUS, ANY PERSON WHOSE OFFICIAL DUTIES INCLUDE  THE  MAINTENANCE
OR OPERATION OF A TRAIN OR BUS STATION OR TERMINAL employed by any tran-
sit  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 school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two
hundred eight-a of the general  municipal  law,  a  traffic  enforcement
officer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in subdivision
thirty-one  of  section  1.20  of the criminal procedure law, sanitation
enforcement agent, New York city sanitation  worker,  registered  nurse,
licensed  practical nurse, emergency medical service paramedic, or emer-
gency medical service technician, he or she causes  physical  injury  to
such  train  operator,  ticket  inspector,  conductor, signalperson, bus

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00624-03-6
              

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