Senate Bill S6484

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the judicial process relating to a dog that caused death to a companion animal, farm animal or domestic animal while trespassing on property

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture 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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2021-S6484 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A341
Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §123, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10013
2023-2024: S5203, A1409

2021-S6484 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the judicial process relating to a dog that causes the death of a companion animal, farm animal or domestic animal while trespassing on property.

2021-S6484 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6484 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6484
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
   judicial  process  relating  to a dog that caused death to a companion
   animal, farm animal or domestic animal while trespassing on property

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 123 of the agriculture and markets
 law,  as  added  by  chapter 392 of the laws of 2004 and such section as
 renumbered by section 18 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. Upon a finding that a dog is dangerous, the judge  or  justice  may
 order  humane  euthanasia  or permanent confinement of the dog if one of
 the following aggravating circumstances is established at  the  judicial
 hearing held pursuant to subdivision two of this section:
   (a)  the dog, without justification, attacked a person causing serious
 physical injury or death; or
   (b) the dog has a known vicious propensity as evidenced by a  previous
 unjustified  attack on a person, which caused serious physical injury or
 death; or
   (c) THE DOG, WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION AND WHILE  TRESPASSING  ON  ANOTHER
 PERSON'S  PROPERTY,  CAUSED  DEATH TO A COMPANION ANIMAL, FARM ANIMAL OR
 DOMESTIC ANIMAL; OR
   (D) the dog, without justification, caused serious physical injury  or
 death to a companion animal, farm animal or domestic animal, and has, in
 the  past  two  years,  caused unjustified physical injury or death to a
 companion or farm animal as  evidenced  by  a  "dangerous  dog"  finding
 pursuant to the provisions of this section.
 An  order of humane euthanasia shall not be carried out until expiration
 of the thirty day period  provided  for  in  subdivision  five  of  this
 section  for  filing a notice of appeal, unless the owner of the dog has

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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