Bill Text: NY S00518 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases penalties for killing or injuring a police animal by providing that such offense shall be a class D felony; includes the intentional killing or injuring of an animal which can reasonably be identified as a police animal by means of its presence in a police vehicle or enclosure in a marked area.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00518 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00518-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          518
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens. MAZIARZ, DeFRANCISCO, FLANAGAN, FUSCHILLO, GOLDEN,
         LARKIN, LITTLE, SALAND, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed,  and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to killing or injuring a
         police animal
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 195.06 of the penal law, as added by chapter 42 of
    2  the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
    3  S 195.06 Killing or injuring a police animal.
    4    A person is guilty of killing or injuring a police  animal  when  such
    5  person intentionally kills or injures [any] AN animal:
    6    1. while such animal is in the performance of its duties and under the
    7  supervision of a police or peace officer[.]; OR
    8    2. WHEN SUCH ANIMAL CAN BE REASONABLY IDENTIFIED AS A POLICE ANIMAL BY
    9  MEANS  OF ITS PRESENCE IN A MARKED POLICE OR EMERGENCY VEHICLE OR ENCLO-
   10  SURE IN A MARKED AND FENCED OR OTHER ENCLOSED AREA.
   11    Killing or injuring a police animal is a class [A misdemeanor] D FELO-
   12  NY.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   14  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.
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