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Senate Bill S185
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction 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
(D) Senate District
2015-S185 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §621, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S3095
2011-2012: S316
2013-2014: S15
2017-2018: S4929
2015-S185 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S185 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law, in relation to making victims of certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :. This bill will make innocent victims of dog attacks eligible to submit claims to the Crime Victims Board for reimbursement of medical bills and other expenses. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends the Executive Law, Section 621, subdivision 3. Includes violations of Agriculture & Markets Law Section 123 (7) within the definition of "crime" for purposes of submitting claims to the Crime Victims Board. Section 2. Effective Date EXISTING LAW : Executive Law; Article 22, Office of Victim Services; Section 621, Definitions Agriculture and Markets Law; Article 7, Licensing, Identification and Control of Dogs; Section 123, Dangerous Dogs JUSTIFICATION : Americans are bitten by dogs almost five million times a year. Over 800,000 attacks require medical treatment, and more
2015-S185 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 185 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to making victims of certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 621 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 710 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 3. "Crime" shall mean (a) an act committed in New York state which would, if committed by a mentally competent criminally responsible adult, who has no legal exemption or defense, constitute a crime as defined in and proscribed by law; [or] (b) an act committed outside the state of New York against a resident of the state of New York which would be compensable had it occurred within the state of New York and which occurred in a state which does not have an eligible crime victim compensation program as such term is defined in the federal victims of crime act of 1984; [or] (c) an act of terrorism, as defined in section 2331 of title 18, United States Code, committed outside of the United States against a resident of New York state; OR (D) A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00048-01-5
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