Increases the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs from a violation to a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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11276
IN ASSEMBLY
May 4, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas-
ing the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the
appropriate shelter for dogs
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 fifty dollars nor more than one hundred
9 dollars for a first offense, and a fine of not less than one hundred
10 dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars for a second and subse-
11 quent offenses] misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more
12 than one year, or by a fine not less than five hundred dollars nor more
13 than one thousand dollars, or by both. Beginning seventy-two hours after
14 a charge of violating this section, each day that a defendant fails to
15 correct the deficiencies in the dog shelter for a dog that [he or she]
16 such person owns or that is in [his or her] such person's custody or
17 control and that is left outdoors, so as to bring it into compliance
18 with the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
20 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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