Bill Text: NY A08607 | 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 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A08607 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08607-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8607
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                  September 21, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, REILLY, COLTON, MARKEY, HEVESI, M. MILLER
         --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. MAISEL, P. RIVERA, 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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