Bill Text: NY A05520 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to penalties for intent to cause injury to an animal.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to agriculture [A05520 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05520-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5520
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 25, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  penal-
         ties for intent to cause injury to an animal
         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[,]:  (A)
    5  with  no  justifiable  purpose,  he or she intentionally kills or inten-
    6  tionally causes serious physical  injury  to  a  companion  animal  with
    7  aggravated cruelty OR (B) UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES EVINCING A DEPRAVED INDIF-
    8  FERENCE  TO  THE  LIFE  OF  AN  ANIMAL,  HE OR SHE RECKLESSLY ENGAGES IN
    9  CONDUCT WHICH CREATES A GRAVE RISK OF SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY  OR  DEATH
   10  TO  THE  ANIMAL,  AND THEREBY CAUSES SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OR DEATH TO
   11  SUCH ANIMAL.  For purposes of this section, "aggravated  cruelty"  shall
   12  mean  conduct which:  (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or
   13  (ii) is done or carried  out  in  an  especially  depraved  or  sadistic
   14  manner.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09330-01-5