Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 11, 2011 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A1127
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BING
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Robert Reilly
William Colton
Margaret Markey
Matthew Titone
multi-Sponsors
Alan Maisel
Peter Rivera
Harvey Weisenberg
2011-A1127 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง270.40, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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A710
2011-A1127 (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.
2011-A1127 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1127 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BING, REILLY, COLTON, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, TITONE, HEVESI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MAISEL, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred 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. LBD00631-01-1
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