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Sep 27, 2010 |
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Assembly Bill A11704
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LANCMAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A11704 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A11704 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11704 I N A S S E M B L Y September 27, 2010 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lancman) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of assault of an operator of a for-hire vehicle THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "taxi driv- er protection act". S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 60.07 of the penal law, as added by chapter 148 of the laws of 2000, is amended and a new subdi- vision 3 is added to read as follows: (a) the term "specified offense" shall mean an attempt to commit murder in the second degree as defined in section 125.25 of this chap- ter, gang assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.07 of this chapter, gang assault in the second degree as defined in section 120.06 of this chapter, assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.10 of this chapter, manslaughter in the first degree as defined in section 125.20 of this chapter, manslaughter in the second degree as defined in section 125.15 of this chapter, robbery in the first degree as defined in section 160.15 of this chapter, robbery in the second degree as defined in section 160.10 of this chapter, or the attempted commission of any of the following offenses: gang assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.07, assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.10, ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.05 OF THIS CHAPTER, manslaughter in the first degree as defined in section 125.20 or robbery in the first degree as defined in section 160.15; 3. EVERY FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SHALL POST A SIGN ON THE INTERIOR OF SUCH VEHICLE STATING IN NOT LESS THAN SIXTEEN POINT PRINT THAT "WARNING: ASSAULTING A TAXI DRIVER IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN PRISON" PROVIDED, THAT OPERATORS OF LIVERY OR BLACK CAR VEHICLES SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION TO POST SUCH A SIGN WHILE PROVID- ING FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SERVICES. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD18142-03-0
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