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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7720
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 15, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  protecting  employees  of
          local social services districts from assault
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1.  Section 120.05 of the penal law is amended by  adding  two
     2  new subdivisions 3-a and 11-a to read as follows:
     3    3-a.  With  intent  to  prevent an employee of a local social services
     4  district directly involved in investigation of or  response  to  alleged
     5  abuse  or neglect of a child, a vulnerable elderly person or an incompe-
     6  tent or physically disabled person, from performing  such  investigation
     7  or  response, the actor, not being such child, vulnerable elderly person
     8  or incompetent or physically disabled person, or with intent to  prevent
     9  an  employee  of  a  local social services district directly involved in
    10  providing public assistance and care from performing  his  or  her  job,
    11  causes  physical injury to such employee including by means of releasing

    12  or failing to control an animal under circumstances evincing the actor's
    13  intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activities of such  employee;
    14  or
    15    11-a.  With  intent to cause physical injury to an employee of a local
    16  social services  district  directly  involved  in  investigation  of  or
    17  response  to  alleged  abuse  or  neglect of a child, vulnerable elderly
    18  person or an incompetent or physically disabled person, the  actor,  not
    19  being such child, vulnerable elderly person or incompetent or physically
    20  disabled person, or with intent to prevent an employee of a local social
    21  services  district  directly involved in providing public assistance and
    22  care from performing his or her job,  causes  physical  injury  to  such

    23  employee; or
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    25  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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