Assembly Bill A9962

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to orders of protection with respect to companion animals

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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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2015-A9962 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7394
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §842, Fam Ct Act; amd §530.12, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S2167
2019-2020: S1251
2021-2022: S3039
2023-2024: S5309

2015-A9962 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to orders of protection with respect to companion animals; provides further protection for pets by authorizing the court to order a party to either relinquish a pet or to refrain from any contact with a pet.

2015-A9962 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9962

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 2, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN  ACT to amend the family court act and the criminal procedure law, in
  relation to order of protection with respect to companion animals

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

  Section  1. Subdivision (i) of section 842 of the family court act, as
amended by chapter 526 of the laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (i)  1.  to  refrain  from  intentionally injuring or killing, without
justification, any companion animal the respondent knows  to  be  owned,
possessed,  leased,  kept  or held by [the petitioner] EITHER PARTY or a
minor child residing in the household[.] OR A DESIGNATED PARTY AS DETER-
MINED BY THE COURT; OR
  2. TO RELINQUISH CUSTODY OF ANY  COMPANION  ANIMAL  OWNED,  POSSESSED,
LEASED,  KEPT  OR  HELD BY EITHER PARTY OR A MINOR CHILD RESIDING IN THE
HOUSEHOLD TO THE PETITIONER OR A DESIGNATED PARTY AS DETERMINED  BY  THE
COURT; OR
  3.  TO  REFRAIN  FROM  HAVING CONTACT WITH ANY COMPANION ANIMAL OWNED,
POSSESSED, LEASED, KEPT OR HELD BY EITHER PARTY OR A MINOR CHILD  RESID-
ING  IN  THE HOUSEHOLD, OR IN THE CUSTODY OF A DESIGNATED PARTY PURSUANT
TO PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  4. "Companion animal", as used in this section, shall  have  the  same
meaning  as  in  subdivision  five of section three hundred fifty of the
agriculture and markets law;
  S 2. Subparagraph 6 of paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  of  section
530.12  of  the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 526 of the
laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (6) (A) to refrain from intentionally  injuring  or  killing,  without
justification,  any  companion  animal  the defendant knows to be owned,
possessed, leased, kept or held by [the victim] EITHER PARTY or a  minor
child  residing  in the household OR A DESIGNATED PARTY AS DETERMINED BY
THE COURT; OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13205-02-6
              

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