Bill Text: NY S05598 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to inciting violence against a police officer.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-01 - referred to codes [S05598 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05598-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5598
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 18, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- 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 inciting violence  against
         a police officer
         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 240.12  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 240.12 INCITING VIOLENCE AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF INCITING VIOLENCE AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER WHEN,
    5  WITH  THE INTENTION OF INCITING OR PRODUCING IMMINENT VIOLENCE AGAINST A
    6  POLICE OFFICER, HE OR SHE ADVOCATES VIOLENCE AGAINST ONE OR MORE  POLICE
    7  OFFICERS THAT IS LIKELY TO INCITE OR PRODUCE SUCH VIOLENCE.
    8    INCITING VIOLENCE AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER IS A CLASS D FELONY.
    9    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   10  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11143-01-5