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Assembly Bill A5504

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to enhanced penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals

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2015-A5504 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5114
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง353-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4813, S6183
2019-2020: A5691, S1118
2021-2022: A6923, S4574
2023-2024: A5184, S3088
2025-2026: A6397, S7350

2015-A5504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enhanced penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals.

2015-A5504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5504

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 24, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to enhanced
  penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  353-a of the agriculture and
markets law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended  to
read as follows:
  1.  A  person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no
justifiable purpose, he or  she  intentionally  kills  or  intentionally
causes  serious  physical  injury  to a companion animal with aggravated
cruelty.  For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall  mean
conduct  which:  (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain OR SERI-
OUS PHYSICAL INJURY; [or] (ii) is done or carried out in  an  especially
depraved  or  sadistic  manner;  OR (III) IS COMMITTED WITH THE USE OF A
WEAPON.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09331-01-5

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