Enacts the "taxi driver protection act"; requires a sign in every for-hire vehicle that states "WARNING: Assaulting A Taxi Driver Is Punishable By Up To Twenty-Five Years In Prison".
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8497
IN SENATE
October 11, 2010
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Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- 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 the crime of assault of an
operator of a for-hire vehicle
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "taxi driv-
2 er protection act".
3 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 60.07 of the penal law,
4 as added by chapter 148 of the laws of 2000, is amended and a new subdi-
5 vision 3 is added to read as follows:
6 (a) the term "specified offense" shall mean an attempt to commit
7 murder in the second degree as defined in section 125.25 of this chap-
8 ter, gang assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.07 of
9 this chapter, gang assault in the second degree as defined in section
10 120.06 of this chapter, assault in the first degree as defined in
11 section 120.10 of this chapter, manslaughter in the first degree as
12 defined in section 125.20 of this chapter, manslaughter in the second
13 degree as defined in section 125.15 of this chapter, robbery in the
14 first degree as defined in section 160.15 of this chapter, robbery in
15 the second degree as defined in section 160.10 of this chapter, or the
16 attempted commission of any of the following offenses: gang assault in
17 the first degree as defined in section 120.07, assault in the first
18 degree as defined in section 120.10, assault in the second degree as
19 defined in section 120.05 of this chapter, manslaughter in the first
20 degree as defined in section 125.20 or robbery in the first degree as
21 defined in section 160.15;
22 3. Every for-hire vehicle shall post a sign on the interior of such
23 vehicle stating in not less than sixteen point print that "WARNING:
24 Assaulting A Taxi Driver Is Punishable By Up To Twenty-Five Years In
25 Prison" provided, that operators of livery or black car vehicles shall
26 have the right but not the obligation to post such a sign while provid-
27 ing for-hire vehicle services.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. Subdivision 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as separately
2 amended by chapters 318 and 345 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train operator, operator
5 of a for-hire vehicle, ticket inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus
6 operator or station agent employed by any transit agency, authority or
7 company, public or private, whose operation is authorized by New York
8 state or any of its political subdivisions, a city marshal, a traffic
9 enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent or sanitation enforcement
10 agent, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse he or she causes
11 physical injury to such train operator, operator of a for-hire vehicle,
12 ticket inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator or station
13 agent, city marshal, traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement
14 agent, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse or sanitation
15 enforcement agent, while such employee is performing an assigned duty
16 on, or directly related to, the operation of a train, for-hire vehicle
17 or bus, or such city marshal, traffic enforcement officer, traffic
18 enforcement agent, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse or sani-
19 tation enforcement agent is performing an assigned duty.
20 § 4. This act shall take effect November 1, 2010, provided that if
21 chapter 318 of the laws of 2010 has not taken effect by such date, then
22 section three of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
23 same manner as such chapter.
