S02936 Summary:
BILL NO | S02936 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A01596 |
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SPONSOR | BOYLE |
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COSPNSR | AMEDORE, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, NOZZOLIO, O'MARA, SERINO |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd S353-a, Ag & Mkts L | |
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Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to animals during the commission of a felony. |
S02936 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2936 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- 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 expand- ing the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include harm to animals during the commission of a felony 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[,]: either 5 (a) with no justifiable purpose, he or she intentionally kills or 6 intentionally causes serious physical injury , as defined in subdivision 7 twenty-nine of section one hundred eight of this chapter, to a companion 8 animal with aggravated cruelty[.]; or 9 (b) in the course of commission of a felony, or of immediate flight 10 therefrom, he or she causes physical injury, as defined in subdivision 11 twenty-eight of section one hundred eight of this chapter, or death to a 12 companion animal. 13 For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean conduct 14 which: (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii) is done 15 or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00008-01-5