Bill Text: NY A08185 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Increases penalties for stealing of companion animals to one thousand dollars.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-23 - signed chap.185 [A08185 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A08185-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8185--B
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
October 4, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture -- recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported and
referred to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to penal-
ties for stealing of companion animals
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 366 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended
2 by chapter 176 of the laws of 1970, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter
3 878 of the laws of 1984, and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 220 of
4 the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
5 S 366. [Dog] COMPANION ANIMAL stealing. It shall be unlawful for any
6 person:
7 1. To remove or cause to be removed the collar, identification tag or
8 any other identification by which the owner may be ascertained from any
9 dog, cat or any other [domestic] COMPANION animal as defined in subdivi-
10 sion [seven] FIVE of section [one hundred eight] THREE HUNDRED FIFTY of
11 this chapter, or to entice any identified dog, cat or other such [domes-
12 tic] COMPANION animal into or out of any house or enclosure for the
13 purpose of removing its collar, tag or any other identification, except
14 with the owner's permission;
15 2. To entice, seize or molest any [dog] COMPANION ANIMAL, while it is
16 being held or led by any person or while it is properly muzzled or wear-
17 ing a collar with an identification tag attached, except where such
18 action is incidental to the enforcement of some law or regulation;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. To transport any [dog] COMPANION ANIMAL, not lawfully in his
2 possession, for the purpose of killing or selling such [dog] COMPANION
3 ANIMAL.
4 Any person violating any of the provisions of this section, upon
5 conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding [two
6 hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed six
7 months, or by both.
8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
