Senate Bill S4929

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Makes victims of certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board

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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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2017-S4929 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §621, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3095
2011-2012: S316
2013-2014: S15
2015-2016: S185

2017-S4929 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes victims of certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board.

2017-S4929 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4929 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4929
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to making victims of
   certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  621 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 710 of the laws  of  1996,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  "Crime"  shall  mean  (a) an act committed in New York state which
 would, if committed  by  a  mentally  competent  criminally  responsible
 adult,  who  has  no  legal  exemption or defense, constitute a crime as
 defined in and proscribed by law; [or]
   (b) an act committed outside the state of New York against a  resident
 of  the  state  of  New  York which would be compensable had it occurred
 within the state of New York and which occurred in a  state  which  does
 not  have  an eligible crime victim compensation program as such term is
 defined in the federal victims of crime act of 1984; [or]
   (c) an act of terrorism, as defined  in  section  2331  of  title  18,
 United  States  Code,  committed  outside of the United States against a
 resident of New York state; OR
   (D) A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-
 THREE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07213-01-7



              

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