Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 31, 2014 |
referred to agriculture |
Assembly Bill A8665
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TENNEY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
Edward Ra
Mickey Kearns
Matthew Titone
David McDonough
multi-Sponsors
John Ceretto
David DiPietro
Joseph Giglio
William Magee
2013-A8665 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A8665 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8665 I N A S S E M B L Y January 31, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TENNEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to aggra- vated neglect of a companion animal THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new section 355-a to read as follows: S 355-A. AGGRAVATED NEGLECT. 1. AN OWNER SHALL BE LIABLE FOR AGGRA- VATED NEGLECT WHEN A COMPANION ANIMAL IS SUBJECTED TO CRUELTY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THE OWNER HAS NOT TAKEN REASONABLE STEPS TO LOCATE THE ANIMAL OR PROVIDE ADEQUATE CARE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM ABANDONMENT SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUPPLIED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT THE FINE AND SENTENCING GUIDELINES SHALL BE AS PROSCRIBED HEREIN. 2. AGGRAVATED NEGLECT OF COMPANION ANIMALS IS A FELONY. A DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF THIS OFFENSE SHALL BE SENTENCED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 55.10 OF THE PENAL LAW PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY TERM OF IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED FOR VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE A DEFINITE SENTENCE, WHICH MAY NOT EXCEED TWO YEARS. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13355-01-3
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