Bill Text: NY S02129 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases certain penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-11 - referred to agriculture [S02129 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02129-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2129
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 11, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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 increas-
         ing certain penalties for aggravated cruelty to animals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    This  act shall be known and may be cited as "Phoenix's
    2  law".
    3    S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 353-a of  the  agriculture  and  markets
    4  law,  as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
    5  follows:
    6    3. Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony. A defendant convicted of
    7  this offense shall be sentenced [pursuant to paragraph (b)  of  subdivi-
    8  sion  one  of section 55.10 of the penal law provided, however, that any
    9  term of imprisonment imposed for violation of this section  shall  be  a
   10  definite sentence, which may not exceed two years] TO A PERIOD OF IMPRI-
   11  SONMENT  NOT  TO EXCEED FOUR YEARS, BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TEN THOUSAND
   12  DOLLARS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. IN ADDITION TO ANY  OTHER
   13  PENALTY  PROVIDED  BY LAW, THE COURT SHALL ORDER ANY DEFENDANT CONVICTED
   14  OF THIS OFFENSE, INCLUDING A DEFENDANT WHO HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED A YOUTH-
   15  FUL OFFENDER, TO UNDERGO A PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION BY A QUALIFIED  MENTAL
   16  HEALTH  PROFESSIONAL AND MAY REQUIRE THAT SUCH PERSON, AT HIS OR HER OWN
   17  EXPENSE, ENTER AND COMPLETE ANY TREATMENT OR PROGRAM DEEMED NECESSARY TO
   18  TREAT ANY MENTAL DISEASE, MENTAL DEFECT OR MENTAL CONDITION,  WHICH  MAY
   19  HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH OFFENSE.
   20    S 3. 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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