Senate Bill S679

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain person previously convicted of a drug felony to own, possess or harbor a dog weighing 20 lbs or more and trained to attack or exhibiting viciousness

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S679 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A710
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง270.40, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1127, A8607

2009-S679 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that it shall be a class A misdemeanor for any person previously convicted of a controlled substance felony offense to own, possess or harbor a dog weighing twenty pounds or more that has either been trained to physically attack persons or has exhibited a vicious disposition or propensity, within 5 years of the completion of any sentence imposed upon conviction of any such controlled substance felony offense.

2009-S679 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S679 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   679

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. LARKIN, MAZIARZ -- 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 restricting  ownership  of
  vicious dogs

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.40  to
read as follows:
S 270.40 UNLAWFUL OWNERSHIP OF A VICIOUS DOG.
  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL OWNERSHIP OF A VICIOUS DOG WHEN SUCH
PERSON, HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF A FELONY OFFENSE DEFINED  IN
ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THIS CHAPTER, OWNS, POSSESSES OR HARBORS A
VICIOUS DOG WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE SENTENCE, INCLUD-
ING  ALL  TERMS  OF  IMPRISONMENT,  PAROLE  AND  PROBATION, IMPOSED UPON
CONVICTION OF ANY SUCH FELONY OFFENSE.
  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "VICIOUS DOG" SHALL  MEAN  ANY  DOG  THAT
WEIGHS  TWENTY  POUNDS OR MORE AND THAT HAS EITHER BEEN TRAINED TO PHYS-
ICALLY ATTACK PERSONS OR HAS EXHIBITED A VICIOUS DISPOSITION OR  PROPEN-
SITY.
  UNLAWFUL OWNERSHIP OF A VICIOUS DOG IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03066-01-9

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