STATE OF NEW YORK
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3056
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, CRUZ, BARRON, DE LA ROSA, QUART, SIMON,
REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
of unlawful obstruction of law enforcement identification
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.40 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 270.40 Unlawful obstruction of law enforcement identification.
4 1. A person is guilty of unlawful obstruction of law enforcement iden-
5 tification when, with intent to prevent the inspection of any part of a
6 law enforcement officer's uniform which identifies him or her as a law
7 enforcement officer including his or her name, shield, badge, numbers or
8 other identifying insignias or emblems, he or she covers or conceals
9 such name, shield, badge, numbers or other identifying insignias or
10 emblems from public view.
11 2. For the purposes of this section, "law enforcement officer" shall
12 include any public servant, federal or state, who is authorized to
13 conduct an investigation or make an arrest for a criminal offense.
14 Unlawful obstruction of law enforcement identification is a class A
15 misdemeanor.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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