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Jan 03, 2018 | referred to agriculture |
Feb 06, 2017 | referred to agriculture |
senate Bill S4163
Sponsored By
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Tony Avella
(D) 0 Senate District
Rich Funke
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Martin J. Golden
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
S4163 (ACTIVE) - Details
S4163 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4163 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to aggravated cruelty to animals PURPOSE : Removes the term "serious" from the "serious physical injury" language of Section 353-a of the agriculture and markets law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Subdivision one of Section 353-a of the agriculture and markets law would be amended, with the term "serious" in line 3 of subdivision one struck, to read only as "...intentionally causes (serious) physical injury to a companion animal...". JUSTIFICATION : In June 2014 on Staten Island, Rocky, an English bulldog, was the victim of a terrible act of cruelty when a neighbor threw ammonia in his face in an attempt to quiet his barking. By the time they brought Rocky to the vet, he had ulcers in both his eyes and the vet wasn't sure if he would ever see again. Thankfully, Rocky was able to make a full recovery. Yet this recovery also gave the perpetrator a way out. Due to the language of the felony animal cruelty statute, a charge
S4163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4163 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, ADDABBO, AVELLA, FUNKE, GOLDEN, HAMILTON, HOYLMAN, MURPHY, PERALTA, PERKINS, SERINO, SERRANO, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to aggra- vated 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 (ii) is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05265-01-7
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