Senate Bill S4328

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the creation of an animal cruelty and animal fighting data base

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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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2009-S4328 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง837-s, Exec L

2009-S4328 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the creation of an animal cruelty and animal fighting database; research purposes; available to all law enforcement entities, district attorneys, duly incorporated humane societies, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, dog or cat protective associations and animal control officers.

2009-S4328 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4328 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4328

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  the  creation  of  an
  animal cruelty and animal fighting data base

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings. Studies in psychology, sociology  and
criminology  have  demonstrated  that  violent offenders frequently have
childhood and adolescent histories of serious and repeated animal cruel-
ty. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recognized  this  connection
since  the  1970's  when  its  analysis  of  the lives of serial killers
suggested that most had killed or tortured animals  during  their  life.
Other  research  has  shown  consistent patterns of animal cruelty among
perpetrators of more common forms of violence,  including  child  abuse,
spouse  abuse, and elder abuse, leading the American Psychiatric Associ-
ation to consider animal cruelty as one of the  diagnostic  criteria  of
conduct disorder.
  S  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 837-s to
read as follows:
  S 837-S. ANIMAL CRUELTY DATA BASE. THE DIVISION  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND
MAINTAIN  A  CRIME  DATA BASE ON ALL CRIMES OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ANIMAL
FIGHTING COMMITTED IN THE STATE WHERE  DATA  OF  SUCH  CRIMES  SHALL  BE
COLLECTED  AND  DISPLAYED  IN  A MANNER THAT FACILITATES ANALYSIS.  SUCH
CRIME DATA BASE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, NAMES  OF  PERSONS
CONVICTED  OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ANIMAL FIGHTING AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE
TWENTY-SIX OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW AND THE SPECIFIC  ACTS  OF
ANIMAL CRUELTY OR ANIMAL FIGHTING THAT WERE THE BASIS OF THE CONVICTION.
FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION, SUCH DATA BASE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE
INFORMATION ON PERSONS WHO HAVE PLED  GUILTY  TO  A  CHARGE  OTHER  THAN
ANIMAL  CRUELTY OR ANIMAL FIGHTING IN SATISFACTION OF THE ANIMAL CRUELTY
OR ANIMAL FIGHTING CHARGE OR WHERE ANIMAL CRUELTY OR THE ANIMAL FIGHTING

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09434-01-9

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