Senate Bill S3325

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases certain penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Domestic Animal Welfare Committee

  • 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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2019-S3325 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Domestic Animal Welfare
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S2129
2015-2016: S4375
2017-2018: S2472

2019-S3325 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases certain penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals.

2019-S3325 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3325 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3325
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the Committee on Domestic Animal
   Welfare
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas-
   ing certain penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    This  act shall be known and may be cited as "Phoenix's
 law".
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 353-a of  the  agriculture  and  markets
 law,  as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony. A defendant convicted of
 this offense shall be sentenced [pursuant to paragraph (b)  of  subdivi-
 sion  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] TO A PERIOD OF IMPRI-
 SONMENT  NOT  TO EXCEED FOUR YEARS, BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TEN THOUSAND
 DOLLARS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. IN ADDITION TO ANY  OTHER
 PENALTY  PROVIDED  BY LAW, THE COURT SHALL ORDER ANY DEFENDANT CONVICTED
 OF THIS OFFENSE, INCLUDING A DEFENDANT WHO HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED A YOUTH-
 FUL OFFENDER, TO UNDERGO A PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION BY A QUALIFIED  MENTAL
 HEALTH  PROFESSIONAL AND MAY REQUIRE THAT SUCH PERSON, AT HIS OR HER OWN
 EXPENSE, ENTER AND COMPLETE ANY TREATMENT OR PROGRAM DEEMED NECESSARY TO
 TREAT ANY MENTAL DISEASE, MENTAL DEFECT OR MENTAL CONDITION,  WHICH  MAY
 HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH OFFENSE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08481-01-9

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