Bill Text: NY S01508 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a toll-free statewide number for use in the investigation and prevention of animal fighting; provides reports be transmitted to the state or local police department and/or to the SPCA.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S01508 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01508-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1508
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 2, 2009
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       Introduced by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, ALESI, GOLDEN, GRIFFO, LARKIN, LAVALLE,
         MORAHAN,  SAMPSON  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
         to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  estab-
         lishing a toll-free hotline to report animal fighting
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
    2  section 351-a to read as follows:
    3    S 351-A. ANIMAL FIGHTING HOTLINE. 1.  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION
    4  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A TOLL-FREE
    5  STATEWIDE NUMBER FOR USE IN THE INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION  OF  ANIMAL
    6  FIGHTING  IN  VIOLATION OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTI-
    7  CLE. SUCH TOLL-FREE NUMBER MAY BE USED BY PERSONS TO REPORT OBSERVATIONS
    8  OR KNOWLEDGE OF PERSONS ENGAGING IN CONDUCT SPECIFIED IN  SECTION  THREE
    9  HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   10    2.  INFORMATION  CONCERNING ANIMAL FIGHTING ACTIVITY OBTAINED FROM USE
   11  OF THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE APPROPRIATE STATE OR
   12  LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND/OR TO THE  SOCIETY  FOR  THE  PREVENTION  OF
   13  CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (SPCA) IN THOSE COUNTIES WHERE SPCAS HAVE PEACE OFFI-
   14  CERS AUTHORIZED TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. IN ACCORDANCE
   15  WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE DIVISION OF CRIMI-
   16  NAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES  SHALL  PREPARE  AN  ANNUAL REPORT WHICH PROVIDES
   17  INFORMATION CONCERNING THE NUMBER, LOCATION  AND  NATURE  OF  THE  CALLS
   18  RECEIVED  ON  THE  ANIMAL  FIGHTING  HOTLINE. THE ANNUAL REPORT SHALL BE
   19  PUBLISHED ON THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE'S WEBSITE.
   20    S 2.  This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall
   21  have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
   22  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
   23  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized
   24  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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