Relates to assault in the third degree by a person against an operator, driver or passenger on a bus, taxicab, aerial tramway, subway or other motor vehicle.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1896
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 17, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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 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.
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