Bill Text: NY S07388 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the presence of a companion animal when executing a warrant for eviction or dispossession of property and directs the executing officer to make arrangements for the safe removal of such animal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-19 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8684B [S07388 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7388
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property  actions and proceedings law, in
          relation to the presence  of  a  companion  animal  when  executing  a
          warrant for eviction or dispossession of property
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 749 of the real  property  actions
     2  and  proceedings  law, as amended by chapter 256 of the laws of 2009, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    2. (a) The officer to whom the warrant is directed and delivered shall
     5  give at least seventy-two  hours  notice,  excluding  any  period  which
     6  occurs  on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday, in writing and in the
     7  manner prescribed in this article for the service of a notice  of  peti-
     8  tion,  to  the person or persons to be evicted or dispossessed and shall
     9  execute the warrant between the hours of sunrise and sunset.
    10    (b) Such officer shall check such  property  for  the  presence  of  a
    11  companion  animal  prior  to  executing such warrant and coordinate with
    12  such person or persons to  be  evicted  or  dispossessed  for  the  safe
    13  removal  of  such  companion animal. "Companion animal," as used in this
    14  paragraph, shall have the same meaning as in subdivision five of section
    15  three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets law.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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