Bill Text: NY S01509 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to penalties for the failure to provide appropriate shelter to a dog left outdoors.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-05 - referred to agriculture [S01509 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01509-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1509
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. AVELLA, ADDABBO, HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY -- 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  penal-
          ties  for  the  failure  to  provide appropriate shelter to a dog left
          outdoors
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 353-b of the
     2  agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter  594  of  the  laws  of
     3  2003, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  Any  person  who  owns or has custody or control of a dog that is
     5  left outdoors shall provide it with shelter appropriate  to  its  breed,
     6  physical  condition  and  the climate. Any person who knowingly violates
     7  the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation,  punisha-
     8  ble  by  a  fine of [not less than] up to two hundred fifty dollars [nor
     9  more than one hundred dollars] for a first offense, [and] a fine of [not
    10  less than one] up to five hundred dollars [nor  more  than  two  hundred
    11  fifty  dollars]  for a second violation and [subsequent offenses] a fine
    12  of up to one thousand dollars for a third violation. Beginning  seventy-
    13  two  hours  after  a  charge  of violating this section, each day that a
    14  defendant fails to correct the deficiencies in the dog shelter for a dog
    15  that he or she owns or that is in his or her custody or control and that
    16  is left outdoors, so as to bring it into compliance with the  provisions
    17  of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
    18    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    19  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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