Assembly Bill A2164

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Defines abandonment of an animal and provides for criminal penalties for such abandonment; repealer

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  • Introduced
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    • 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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2009-A2164 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add ยง355, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1878

2009-A2164 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines abandonment of an animal and provides for criminal penalties for such abandonment.

2009-A2164 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2164

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. McENENY, ENGLEBRIGHT, EDDINGTON -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  JOHN, V. LOPEZ, MARKEY -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to abandon-
  ment of animals and repealing section 355 of such law relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 355 of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED
and a new section 355 is added to read as follows:
  S 355. ABANDONMENT OF ANIMALS. 1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION  A
PERSON  "ABANDONS"  AN  ANIMAL  WHEN  HE  OR  SHE  DESERTS  OR  GIVES UP
POSSESSION OF AN ANIMAL IN A PUBLIC OR  PRIVATE  PLACE,  WITHOUT  TRANS-
FERRING  OWNERSHIP  OR CUSTODY OF SUCH ANIMAL TO ANOTHER WHO VOLUNTARILY
ASSUMES SUCH OWNERSHIP  OR  CUSTODY,  AND  WITH  THE  INTENTION  OF  NOT
RECLAIMING  THE ANIMAL, OR WHEN HE OR SHE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OR OTHERWISE
KNOWS OF THE LOCATION OF THE ANIMAL IN  A  PUBLIC  PLACE  AND  FAILS  TO
RETRIEVE OR TAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO RETRIEVE THE ANIMAL.
  2.  A  PERSON WHO OWNS OR HAS POSSESSION OR CUSTODY OF ANY ANIMAL, WHO
ABANDONS SUCH ANIMAL, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHA-
BLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR, OR BY A FINE OF NOT MORE
THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BOTH.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00748-01-9

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