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Assembly Bill A1283

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the civil penalty for an owner of a dog which bites a person with a disability's service, guide or hearing dog

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2015-A1283 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง123, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9146
2017-2018: A4800

2015-A1283 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the civil penalty for an owner of a dog which bites a person with a disability's service, guide or hearing dog.

2015-A1283 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1283

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  penal-
  ties for an owner whose dog bites a person with a disability's service
  dog, guide dog or hearing dog

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 123 of the agriculture and markets
law, as amended by chapter 526 of the laws of 2005 and such  section  as
renumbered by section 18 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
  7.  The  owner  of a dog who, through any act or omission, negligently
permits his or her dog to bite a person, SERVICE DOG, GUIDE DOG OR HEAR-
ING DOG causing serious physical injury shall  be  subject  to  a  civil
penalty  not  to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars in addition to
any other applicable penalties. Any such penalty may be reduced  by  any
amount  which  is  paid  as  restitution  by the owner of the dog to the
person or persons, OR OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE SERVICE DOG, GUIDE DOG,  OR
HEARING  DOG suffering serious physical injury as compensation for unre-
imbursed medical expenses, lost earnings  and  other  damages  resulting
from such injury.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04299-01-5

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