A02059 Summary:

BILL NOA02059A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07316
 
SPONSORZebrowski
 
COSPNSRCusick, Brindisi, Hevesi, Barrett, McDonough
 
MLTSPNSRMurray
 
Amd §353-b, Ag & Mkts L
 
Relates to penalties for the failure to provide appropriate shelter to a dog left outdoors.
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A02059 Actions:

BILL NOA02059A
 
01/15/2015referred to agriculture
01/06/2016referred to agriculture
04/05/2016amend (t) and recommit to agriculture
04/05/2016print number 2059a
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A02059 Committee Votes:

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A02059 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A02059 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2059--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 15, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, CUSICK, BRINDISI -- Multi-Sponsored by
          --  M.  of  A.    MURRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Agriculture -- recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture in  accord-
          ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to penal-
          ties for the failure to provide appropriate  shelter  to  a  dog  left
          outdoors
 
          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 2  of  section  353-b  of  the
     2  agriculture  and  markets  law,  as  added by chapter 594 of the laws of
     3  2003, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) Any person who owns or has custody or control of  a  dog  that  is
     5  left  outdoors  shall  provide it with shelter appropriate to its breed,
     6  physical condition and the climate. Any person  who  knowingly  violates
     7  the  provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation, punisha-
     8  ble by a fine of [not less than] two hundred  fifty  dollars  [nor  more
     9  than one hundred dollars] for a first offense, [and] a fine of [not less
    10  than one] five hundred dollars [nor more than two hundred fifty dollars]
    11  for  a second violation and [subsequent offenses] a fine of one thousand
    12  dollars for a third  violation.  Beginning  seventy-two  hours  after  a
    13  charge  of  violating  this  section, each day that a defendant fails to
    14  correct the deficiencies in the dog shelter for a dog  that  he  or  she
    15  owns  or  that  is  in  his  or  her custody or control and that is left
    16  outdoors, so as to bring it into compliance with the provisions of  this
    17  section shall constitute a separate offense.
    18    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    19  have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02567-02-6
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