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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1022
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 6, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  FUNKE,  AVELLA,  BOYLE, GALLIVAN, LARKIN, SAVINO,
          YOUNG -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of obstructing
          firefighting operations

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 195.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 731
     2  of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 195.15 Obstructing firefighting operations.
     4    A person is guilty of obstructing firefighting operations when  he  or
     5  she intentionally and unreasonably obstructs the efforts of any:
     6    1.  [fireman]  firefighter  in  extinguishing  a  fire, or prevents or
     7  dissuades another from extinguishing or helping to  extinguish  a  fire;
     8  [or]
     9    2.  [fireman] firefighter, police officer or peace officer in perform-
    10  ing his or her duties in  circumstances  involving  an  imminent  danger
    11  created  by  an  explosion, threat of explosion or the presence of toxic
    12  fumes or gases; or
    13    3. firefighter performing emergency medical care on a sick or  injured
    14  person.
    15    Obstructing firefighting operations is a class A misdemeanor.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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