Bill Text: NY S03035 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes the possession of an animal trained to fight and being a spectator at an exhibition of animal fighting, a felony punishable by a determinate term of imprisonment of between 3 and 5 years, or a fine of up to $15,000, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S03035 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03035-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3035
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 2, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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  the
         possession of a fighting animal and being a spectator at an exhibition
         of animal fighting
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 351 of the  agri-
    2  culture and markets law, as added by chapter 150 of the laws of 1984, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (a)  Any  person  who engages in conduct specified in paragraph (b) of
    5  this subdivision is guilty of a [misdemeanor and is]  FELONY  punishable
    6  by  A  DETERMINATE  TERM OF imprisonment [for a period not to exceed one
    7  year] OF NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS NOR MORE THAN FIVE  YEARS,  or  by  a
    8  fine  not  to  exceed fifteen thousand dollars, or by both such fine and
    9  imprisonment.
   10    S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 351 of the  agriculture
   11  and  markets  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 332 of the laws of 2011, is
   12  amended to read as follows:
   13    (a) Any person who engages in the conduct specified in  paragraph  (b)
   14  of this subdivision is guilty of a [class B misdemeanor] FELONY punisha-
   15  ble  by  A  DETERMINATE TERM OF imprisonment [for a period not to exceed
   16  three months] OF NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS NOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS,  or
   17  by  a  fine not to exceed [five hundred] FIFTEEN THOUSAND dollars, or by
   18  both such fine and imprisonment.  [Any person who engages in the conduct
   19  specified in  paragraph  (b)  of  this  subdivision  after  having  been
   20  convicted within the previous five years of a violation of this subdivi-
   21  sion  or subdivision four of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and
   22  is punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year, or by
   23  a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, or  by  both  such  fine  and
   24  imprisonment.]
   25    S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   26  have become a law and shall only apply to offenses committed on or after
   27  such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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