Assembly Bill A5996

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to making it a felony to kill or cause injury to a police animal

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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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2013-A5996 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง195.06, Pen L

2013-A5996 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes it a felony to kill or cause injury to a police animal.

2013-A5996 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5996

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to making it a felony to kill
  or cause injury to a police animal

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

  Section  1. Section 195.06 of the penal law, as added by chapter 42 of
the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
S 195.06 Killing or injuring a police animal.
  A person is guilty of killing or injuring a police  animal  when  such
person intentionally kills or injures any animal while such animal is in
the  performance  of its duties and under the supervision of a police or
peace officer.
  Killing or injuring a police animal is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELO-
NY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09739-01-3

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