Bill Text: NY S07684 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Increases penalties for stealing of companion animals to one thousand dollars.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8185B [S07684 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07684-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7684--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 29, 2014
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       Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to penal-
         ties for stealing of companion animals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 366 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended
    2  by chapter 176 of the laws of 1970, subdivision 1 as amended by  chapter
    3  878  of the laws of 1984, and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 220 of
    4  the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
    5    S 366. [Dog] COMPANION ANIMAL stealing. It shall be unlawful  for  any
    6  person:
    7    1.  To remove or cause to be removed the collar, identification tag or
    8  any other identification by which the owner may be ascertained from  any
    9  dog, cat or any other [domestic] COMPANION animal as defined in subdivi-
   10  sion  [seven] FIVE of section [one hundred eight] THREE HUNDRED FIFTY of
   11  this chapter, or to entice any identified dog, cat or other such [domes-
   12  tic] COMPANION animal into or out of any  house  or  enclosure  for  the
   13  purpose  of removing its collar, tag or any other identification, except
   14  with the owner's permission;
   15    2. To entice, seize or molest any [dog] COMPANION ANIMAL, while it  is
   16  being held or led by any person or while it is properly muzzled or wear-
   17  ing  a  collar  with  an  identification tag attached, except where such
   18  action is incidental to the enforcement of some law or regulation;
   19    3. To transport any  [dog]  COMPANION  ANIMAL,  not  lawfully  in  his
   20  possession,  for  the purpose of killing or selling such [dog] COMPANION
   21  ANIMAL.
   22    Any person violating any of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  upon
   23  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine not exceeding [two
   24  hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars, or by  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  six
   25  months, or by both.
   26    S 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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