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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A1761
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MORELLE
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
2009-A1761 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §265.01, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A2836
2009-A1761 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to knowingly possessing or harboring a hostile dog which without justification attacks a person and causes serious physical injury or death or is not lawfully licensed, currently vaccinated for rabies and has a valid official identification tag affixed to its collar and cannot be restrained from chasing, worrying or attacking any person under the age of 16 in a manner capable of causing serious injury.
2009-A1761 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1761 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 12, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, CARROZZA, PHEFFER, ORTIZ -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. COOK, CYMBROWITZ, GALEF, HIKIND, HOOPER, HOYT, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, MILLMAN, SCHIMMINGER, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to knowingly possessing or harboring a hostile dog THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 265.01 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: (9) HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY POSSESSES OR HARBORS ANY DOG THAT, BY TEMPER- AMENT, NATURE, OR PAST BEHAVIOR, IS INCLINED TO BE HOSTILE AND: (A) ATTACKS A PERSON, WITHOUT PROVOCATION, THEREBY CAUSING SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OR DEATH TO SUCH PERSON; OR (B) (I) IS NOT LICENSED, (II) DOES NOT HAVE A CURRENT VACCINATION FOR RABIES, (III) DOES NOT HAVE A VALID IDENTIFICATION TAG PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, AND (IV) CANNOT BE RESTRAINED FROM CHASING, WORRYING, OR ATTACKING ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN; OR (C) HE OR SHE HAS REFUSED TO SURRENDER THE DOG AS REQUIRED BY A JUDI- CIAL ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW; OR (D) HE OR SHE USES THE DOG IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME. S 2. 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. LBD04123-01-9
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