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Senator · Senate District 57
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History
- Referred to rules
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Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to assault upon a process server
Purpose
This bill will elevate assaulting process servers to assault in the second degree.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Section 120.05 of the penal law is amended by adding the intentional assault of a process server. Assault in the second degree is a class D felony.
Section 2: Effective Date
Justification
Process servers protect an important aspect of a defendant's due process in our legal system. Unfortunately, process servers become the target of violence by those whom they serve. Often bearing bad news, servers have been the victims of violent attacks. This legislation will protect process servers who perform a difficult yet important aspect of our legal system.
Prior legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
None to the state
Effective date
The first November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.
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