 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5340
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 8, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law, in relation to assault in the third
          degree
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 120.00 of the penal law is renum-
     2  bered subdivision 4, and a  new  subdivision  3  is  added  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    3. He or she causes physical injury to an operator, driver, or passen-
     5  ger  on  a bus, taxicab, aerial tramway, subway, or other motor vehicle,
     6  used for the transportation of persons for hire,  or  to  a  school  bus
     7  driver,  a  station  agent  or ticket agent for the entity providing the
     8  transportation, and he or she knows or reasonably should know  that  the
     9  victim,  in the case of an operator, driver, or agent, is engaged in the
    10  performance of his or her duties, or is a passenger; or
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09710-01-7
Relates to assault in the third degree

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