Senate Bill S1256

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Includes the theft of dogs and cats within the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree (a class E felony) in certain cases

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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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2017-S1256 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3870
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§155.00 & 155.30, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S568, A2593
2011-2012: S946, A3686
2013-2014: S1495, A3769
2015-2016: S423, A3510
2019-2020: A2553

2017-S1256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes the theft of a pet within the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree in certain instances; defines "pet" as a licensed dog or cat harbored by the owner or lawful custodian of such dog or cat in a dwelling or within an enclosure or yard.

2017-S1256 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1256
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- 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  including  the  theft  of
   dogs  and  cats within the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree
   in certain cases

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 155.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. "PET" MEANS A DOG OR A CAT WHICH  IS  HARBORED  BY  THE  OWNER  OR
 LAWFUL CUSTODIAN OF SUCH DOG OR CAT IN A DWELLING OR WITHIN AN ENCLOSURE
 OR  YARD  WHICH  IS  CONTAINED WITHIN THE REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE OF
 SUCH DWELLING.   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "HARBOR"  MEANS  TO
 PROVIDE FOOD AND SHELTER TO A DOG OR CAT.
   § 2. Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 8-a to read as follows:
   8-A. THE PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF ITS VALUE, CONSISTS OF A PET WHICH IS
 TAKEN  FROM  THE  PERSON OF THE OWNER OR OF THE LAWFUL CUSTODIAN OF SUCH
 PET, FROM THE DWELLING OF THE OWNER OR LAWFUL CUSTODIAN OF SUCH PET,  OR
 FROM  ANY  ENCLOSURE OR YARD CONTAINED WITHIN THE REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY
 LINE OF SUCH DWELLING.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03090-01-7

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