Bill Text: NY S02018 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE [S02018 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02018-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2018
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 18, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Domestic Animal Welfare
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  aggra-
          vated cruelty to animals
          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,  with  no
     5  justifiable  purpose,  he  or  she  intentionally kills or intentionally
     6  causes serious physical injury to [a companion] an  animal  with  aggra-
     7  vated cruelty.  For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall
     8  mean  conduct which:  (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or
     9  (ii) is done or carried  out  in  an  especially  depraved  or  sadistic
    10  manner.
    11    § 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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