Assembly Bill A2443

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of harming a police dog

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2443 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §270.40, Pen L

2011-A2443 - Summary

Establishes the crime of harming a police dog if such person kills or causes serious physical injury to a police dog knowing such dog is a police dog; makes it a class E felony.

2011-A2443 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2443

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CASTELLI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
  harming a police dog

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

  Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.40 to
read as follows:
S 270.40 HARMING A POLICE DOG.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF HARMING A  POLICE  DOG  IF  SUCH  PERSON  INTEN-
TIONALLY KILLS OR CAUSES SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO A POLICE DOG KNOWING
SUCH DOG TO BE A POLICE DOG.
  HARMING A POLICE DOG IS A CLASS E FELONY.
  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.
                                                           LBD05581-02-1

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2011-A2443A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §270.40, Pen L

2011-A2443A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of harming a police dog if such person kills or causes serious physical injury to a police dog knowing such dog is a police dog; makes it a class E felony.

2011-A2443A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 2443--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. CASTELLI, BURLING, MONTESANO, KATZ, McDONOUGH,
  McKEVITT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CALHOUN,  CERETTO,  CORWIN,
  McLAUGHLIN,  J. MILLER,  MURRAY,  REILICH -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
  harming a police dog

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

  Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.40 to
read as follows:
S 270.40 HARMING A POLICE DOG.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF HARMING A POLICE DOG IF SUCH  PERSON  RECKLESSLY
OR INTENTIONALLY KILLS OR CAUSES SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO A POLICE DOG
KNOWING SUCH DOG TO BE A POLICE DOG.
  HARMING A POLICE DOG IS A CLASS E FELONY.
  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.
                                                           LBD05581-04-1

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