Bill Text: NY A01127 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that it shall be a class A misdemeanor for any person previously convicted of a controlled substance felony offense to own, possess or harbor a dog weighing twenty pounds or more that has either been trained to physically attack persons or has exhibited a vicious disposition or propensity, within 5 years of the completion of any sentence imposed upon conviction of any such controlled substance felony offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-07-11 - enacting clause stricken [A01127 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01127-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1127
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BING, REILLY, COLTON, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, TITONE,
         HEVESI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MAISEL,  WEISENBERG  --  read
         once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to restricting ownership of
         vicious dogs
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.40 to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 270.40 UNLAWFUL OWNERSHIP OF A VICIOUS DOG.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL OWNERSHIP OF A VICIOUS  DOG  WHEN  SUCH
    5  PERSON,  HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF A FELONY OFFENSE DEFINED IN
    6  ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THIS CHAPTER, OWNS, POSSESSES OR HARBORS A
    7  VICIOUS DOG WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE SENTENCE, INCLUD-
    8  ING ALL TERMS  OF  IMPRISONMENT,  PAROLE  AND  PROBATION,  IMPOSED  UPON
    9  CONVICTION OF ANY SUCH FELONY OFFENSE.
   10    FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION "VICIOUS DOG" SHALL MEAN ANY DOG THAT
   11  WEIGHS TWENTY POUNDS OR MORE AND THAT HAS EITHER BEEN TRAINED  TO  PHYS-
   12  ICALLY  ATTACK PERSONS OR HAS EXHIBITED A VICIOUS DISPOSITION OR PROPEN-
   13  SITY.
   14    UNLAWFUL OWNERSHIP OF A VICIOUS DOG IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   16  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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