Bill Text: NY A02593 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2593 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to including the theft of dogs and cats within the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree in certain cases

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes [A02593 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02593-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2593
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 21, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GLICK, PHEFFER, DINOWITZ, McDONOUGH -- Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A.  FARRELL, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, McENENY,  PEOPLES
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to including the theft of
         dogs and cats within the crime of grand larceny in the  fourth  degree
         in certain cases
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 155.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
    2  subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    3    10.  "PET"  MEANS  A  DOG  OR  A CAT WHICH IS HARBORED BY THE OWNER OR
    4  LAWFUL CUSTODIAN OF SUCH DOG OR CAT IN A DWELLING OR WITHIN AN ENCLOSURE
    5  OR YARD WHICH IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE REAL  PROPERTY  BOUNDARY  LINE  OF
    6  SUCH  DWELLING.    FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "HARBOR" MEANS TO
    7  PROVIDE FOOD AND SHELTER TO A DOG OR CAT.
    8    S 2. Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
    9  vision 8-a to read as follows:
   10    8-A. THE PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF ITS VALUE, CONSISTS OF A PET WHICH IS
   11  TAKEN FROM THE PERSON OF THE OWNER OR OF THE LAWFUL  CUSTODIAN  OF  SUCH
   12  PET,  FROM THE DWELLING OF THE OWNER OR LAWFUL CUSTODIAN OF SUCH PET, OR
   13  FROM ANY ENCLOSURE OR YARD CONTAINED WITHIN THE REAL  PROPERTY  BOUNDARY
   14  LINE OF SUCH DWELLING.
   15    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04527-01-9