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                                         4343
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 4, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. PRETLOW, MAYER -- read once and referred to the
         Committee 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:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1  of  section  70.02  of  the
    2  penal  law,  as  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
    5  class  B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
    6  vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
    7  vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined  in  section  125.21,
    8  aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the  second  degree as defined in section
    9  130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, [fireman  or]  FIRE-
   10  FIGHTERS,  emergency  medical services professional, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
   11  AGENCY OR CITY MARSHAL as defined in section 120.08, assault on a  judge
   12  as  defined  in  section  120.09,  gang  assault in the second degree as
   13  defined in section 120.06, strangulation in the first degree as  defined
   14  in  section  121.13, burglary in the second degree as defined in section
   15  140.25, robbery in the second degree as defined in section 160.10, crim-
   16  inal possession of a weapon in the second degree as defined  in  section
   17  265.03,  criminal  use  of  a firearm in the second degree as defined in
   18  section 265.08, criminal sale of a  firearm  in  the  second  degree  as
   19  defined  in section 265.12, criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a
   20  minor as defined in section 265.14, aggravated criminal possession of  a
   21  weapon as defined in section 265.19, soliciting or providing support for
   22  an  act  of  terrorism in the first degree as defined in section 490.15,
   23  hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree  as  defined  in
   24  section  490.30, and criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biolog-
   25  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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    1    S 2. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as added by chapter 632  of  the
    2  laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
    3  S  120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, [fireman or] FIRE-
    4             FIGHTER, emergency  medical  services  professional,  TRAFFIC
    5             ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR CITY MARSHAL.
    6    A  person  is  guilty  of  assault on a peace officer, police officer,
    7  [fireman or] FIREFIGHTER, emergency medical services professional, TRAF-
    8  FIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR CITY MARSHAL when, with  intent  to  prevent  a
    9  peace  officer,  A  police officer, a [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, including a
   10  [fireman] FIREFIGHTER acting as a paramedic or emergency medical techni-
   11  cian administering first aid in the course of  performance  of  duty  as
   12  such  [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, [or] an emergency medical service paramedic
   13  [or], AN emergency medical service  technician,  A  TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT
   14  AGENT  OR CITY MARSHAL, from performing a lawful duty, he causes serious
   15  physical injury to such peace officer, police officer,  [fireman]  FIRE-
   16  FIGHTER,  paramedic  [or], technician, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR CITY
   17  MARSHAL.
   18    Assault on a peace officer, police officer, [fireman or]  FIREFIGHTER,
   19  emergency  medical  services  professional, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR
   20  CITY MARSHAL is a class C felony.
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   22  have become a law; provided, however, that if section 27 of chapter 1 of
   23  the laws of 2013 shall not have taken effect on or before such date then
   24  section  one  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
   25  same manner as section 27 of such chapter of  the  laws  of  2013  takes
   26  effect.