Bill Text: NY A01843 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 1843 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Includes wildlife animals as those subject to the animal cruelty provisions of the agriculture and markets law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-08 - reported referred to codes [A01843 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01843-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1843--B
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL, BENEDETTO, HOYT, MAISEL, MILLMAN,
         KAVANAGH, PHEFFER, PAULIN, TITONE, P. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by  --
         M.  of  A.  BING,  BOYLAND, COLTON, GABRYSZAK, HEVESI, LIFTON, REILLY,
         SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Agriculture  --  reported  and  referred  to the Committee on Codes --
         committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
         recommitted  to  said  committee -- again reported from said committee
         with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said
         committee
       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:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  353-a of the agriculture and
    2  markets law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    1.  A  person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no
    5  justifiable purpose, he or  she  intentionally  kills  or  intentionally
    6  causes  serious  physical  injury  to a companion animal OR WILDLIFE, AS
    7  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIX  OF  SECTION  11-0103  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
    8  CONSERVATION  LAW,  OTHER  THAN  INSECTS, with aggravated cruelty.   For
    9  purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean conduct which:
   10  (i) is intended to cause extreme physical  pain;  or  (ii)  is  done  or
   11  carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner.
   12    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   13  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02265-03-1