NY State Senate Bill S3088

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Jan 27, 2023	referred to agriculture

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S3088 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5184
Current Committee:: Senate Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5114, A5504
2017-2018: S6183, A4813
2019-2020: S1118, A5691
2021-2022: S4574, A6923

S3088 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include serious physical injuries or the use of a weapon.

S3088 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S3088

SPONSOR: LANZA
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill amends Education Law section 3604 subdivision 8 to prohibit
school on either primary or general election day in a city with a popu-
lation of one million or more

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Prohibits school on primary or general election day in a city
with one million or more residents.

Section 2: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Schools are ideal poll sites because they are public buildings, are
usually accessible to the disabled and have ample parking. Election Law
section 4-104.3 reflects a preference for using schools as poll sites by
stating that "a building exempt from taxation shall be used whenever

possible as a polling place if it is situated in the same or a contig-
uous election district and, and may contain as many distinctly separate
polling places as public convenience may require." The expense, if any,
incidental to its use shall be paid like the expense of other places for
registration and voting.

If the board or body empowered to designate polling places chooses a
public school building for such purposes, as often happens, the board or
agency which controls such building must make available a room or rooms
in such building which are suitable for registration and voting, and
which are as close as possible to a convenient entrance to such building
and accessible to the physically disabled.

However, the use of schools for poll sites when school is in session can
and often does disrupt the usual schedule and operations of the entire
school day, as well as the instruction occurring in the classrooms. An
increased concern about the safety of the children at the schools makes
school officials reluctant to open up their buildings for a public use
while children are present. It also reduces available parking when
school is in session on Election Day.

By requiring that schools in cities with a population or one million or
more are to be closed on election day, this bill will increase the
availability of accessible public buildings for poll sites while causing
minimal disruption to a school and no security risk for students.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None to the State

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S3088 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3088
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05158-01-3

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Andrew J. Lanza

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee

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