Establishes the class A misdemeanor of disruption of a sports contest for causing any object to be projected onto the field of play of a sports contest with intent to annoy, alarm or injure any sports participant or sport official.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5294
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 11, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, SCHIMMINGER, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. DESTITO, McENENY, PHEFFER, J. RIVERA, TOWNS -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
of disruption of a sports contest
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 240.23 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 240.23 Disruption of a sports contest.
4 A person is guilty of disruption of a sports contest when, not being a
5 sports participant as defined in subdivision two of section 180.35 of
6 this part, he or she, with intent to cause annoyance, alarm or physical
7 injury to a sport participant or sports official as defined in subdivi-
8 sion three of section 180.35 of this part, causes an object to be
9 projected onto the field of play of a sports contest as defined in
10 subdivision one of section 180.35 of this part.
11 Disruption of a sports contest is a class A misdemeanor.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
13 ing the date on which it shall have become law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08440-01-9
