Bill Text: NY A00051 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a toll-free statewide number for use in the investigation and prevention of animal fighting; provides reports be transmitted to the state or local police department and/or to the SPCA.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to agriculture [A00051 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00051-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          51
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, TITONE, SCARBOROUGH, J. RIVERA, PHEFFER,
         MAGNARELLI, MILLMAN,  KELLNER,  JAFFEE,  GALEF,  BROOK-KRASNY,  CLARK,
         ROSENTHAL,  COLTON  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, GLICK,
         HIKIND, HOOPER, JEFFRIES, LATIMER, LUPARDO, MAISEL, McENENY,  SCHIMEL,
         WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
       AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
         lishing a toll-free hotline to report animal fighting
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
    2  section 351-a to read as follows:
    3    S 351-A. ANIMAL FIGHTING HOTLINE. 1.  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION
    4  OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH AND  MAINTAIN  A  TOLL-FREE
    5  STATEWIDE  NUMBER  FOR USE IN THE INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION OF ANIMAL
    6  FIGHTING IN VIOLATION OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF  THIS  ARTI-
    7  CLE. SUCH TOLL-FREE NUMBER MAY BE USED BY PERSONS TO REPORT OBSERVATIONS
    8  OR  KNOWLEDGE  OF PERSONS ENGAGING IN CONDUCT SPECIFIED IN SECTION THREE
    9  HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   10    2. INFORMATION CONCERNING ANIMAL FIGHTING ACTIVITY OBTAINED  FROM  USE
   11  OF THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE APPROPRIATE STATE OR
   12  LOCAL  POLICE  DEPARTMENT  AND/OR  TO  THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF
   13  CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (SPCA) IN THOSE COUNTIES WHERE SPCAS HAVE PEACE OFFI-
   14  CERS AUTHORIZED TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. IN ACCORDANCE
   15  WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE DIVISION OF CRIMI-
   16  NAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL  PREPARE  AN  ANNUAL  REPORT  WHICH  PROVIDES
   17  INFORMATION  CONCERNING  THE  NUMBER,  LOCATION  AND NATURE OF THE CALLS
   18  RECEIVED ON THE ANIMAL FIGHTING HOTLINE.  THE  ANNUAL  REPORT  SHALL  BE
   19  PUBLISHED ON THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE'S WEBSITE.
   20    S  2.   This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   21  have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
   22  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
   23  for the implementation of this act on its effective date  is  authorized
   24  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00847-01-1