Bill Text: NY S00935 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 935 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Includes reckless operation of a motor vehicle resulting in the death or serious injury of a companion animal in the definition of aggravated animal cruelty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S00935 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00935-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           935
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  includ-
          ing  reckless  operation  of a motor vehicle resulting in the death or
          serious injury of a companion animal as aggravated animal cruelty
          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: (a) intentionally kills or intentionally
     6  causes serious physical injury to a  companion  animal  with  aggravated
     7  cruelty.   For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean
     8  conduct which:  (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or  (ii)
     9  is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner; or
    10    (b)  causes the death or causes serious physical injury to a companion
    11  animal while recklessly operating a motor vehicle.
    12    § 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.
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