Bill Text: NY A08851 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals; removes requirement that an animal be killed with aggravated cruelty in order to be guilty of such crime.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-06 - held for consideration in agriculture [A08851 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08851-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8851
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    December 22, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Agriculture
        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  animal  [with  aggravated
     7  cruelty.  For  purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean
     8  conduct which: (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain;  or  (ii)
     9  is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner].
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13952-01-7