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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8185--B
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     October 4, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Agriculture -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Agriculture  in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported and

          referred  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  -- 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 stealing of companion animals
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 366 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended
     2  by chapter 176 of the laws of 1970, subdivision 1 as amended by  chapter
     3  878  of the laws of 1984, and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 220 of
     4  the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 366. [Dog] Companion animal stealing. It shall be unlawful  for  any
     6  person:
     7    1.  To remove or cause to be removed the collar, identification tag or

     8  any other identification by which the owner may be ascertained from  any
     9  dog, cat or any other [domestic] companion animal as defined in subdivi-
    10  sion  [seven] five of section [one hundred eight] three hundred fifty of
    11  this chapter, or to entice any identified dog, cat or other such [domes-
    12  tic] companion animal into or out of any  house  or  enclosure  for  the
    13  purpose  of removing its collar, tag or any other identification, except
    14  with the owner's permission;
    15    2. To entice, seize or molest any [dog] companion animal, while it  is
    16  being held or led by any person or while it is properly muzzled or wear-
    17  ing  a  collar  with  an  identification tag attached, except where such
    18  action is incidental to the enforcement of some law or regulation;
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11758-05-4
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     1    3. To transport any  [dog]  companion  animal,  not  lawfully  in  his
     2  possession,  for  the purpose of killing or selling such [dog] companion
     3  animal.
     4    Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions of this section, upon
     5  conviction thereof, shall be punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  [two
     6  hundred]  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by imprisonment not to exceed six
     7  months, or by both.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.