S01251 Summary:

BILL NOS01251
 
SAME ASSAME AS A00767
 
SPONSORSERINO
 
COSPNSRTEDISCO
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§352.3, 446, 551, 656, 759, 842 & 1056, Fam Ct Act; amd §§530.12 & 530.13, CP L; amd §§240 & 252, Dom Rel L
 
Relates to orders of protection with respect to companion animals; provides further protection for pets by authorizing the court to order a party to either relinquish a pet or to refrain from any contact with a pet.
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S01251 Actions:

BILL NOS01251
 
01/11/2019REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
05/07/20191ST REPORT CAL.627
05/08/20192ND REPORT CAL.
05/13/2019ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/20/2019COMMITTED TO RULES
01/08/2020REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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S01251 Committee Votes:

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S01251 Floor Votes:

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S01251 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1251
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 11, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens. SERINO, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Children  and
          Families
 
        AN ACT to amend the family court act, the criminal procedure law and the
          domestic  relations  law,  in  relation to an order of protection with
          respect to companion animals

          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 352.3 of the family court act, as
     2  amended by chapter 532 of the laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (1)  Upon  the  issuance  of an order pursuant to section 315.3 or the
     5  entry of an order of disposition pursuant to section 352.2, a court  may
     6  enter  an  order  of  protection  against  any respondent for good cause
     7  shown. The order may require that the respondent: (a) stay away from the
     8  home, school, business or place of employment  of  the  victims  of  the
     9  alleged  offense; or (b) refrain from harassing, intimidating, threaten-
    10  ing or otherwise interfering with the victim or victims of  the  alleged
    11  offense  and  such  members of the family or household of such victim or
    12  victims as shall be specifically named by the court in  such  order;  or
    13  (c)  refrain  from intentionally injuring or killing, without justifica-
    14  tion, any companion animal the respondent knows to be owned,  possessed,
    15  leased,  kept  or held by the [person protected by the order] petitioner
    16  or a minor  child  residing  in  [such  person's]  the  petitioner's  or
    17  respondent's  household.  Such  order  may also grant the petitioner the
    18  exclusive care,  custody  or  control  of  any  animal  that  is  owned,
    19  possessed,  leased,  kept or held by the petitioner, the respondent or a
    20  minor child residing in the residence or household of the petitioner  or
    21  the  respondent,  and  order the respondent to stay away from the animal
    22  and forbid the respondent from taking, transferring,  concealing,  harm-
    23  ing,  or  otherwise disposing of the animal. "Companion animal", as used
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03289-01-9

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     1  in this subdivision, shall have the same meaning as in subdivision  five
     2  of section three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets law.
     3    § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (h) of section 446 of the family court
     4  act,  as  amended by chapter 526 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
     5  as follows:
     6    1. to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing,  without  justi-
     7  fication,  any  companion  animal  the  respondent  knows  to  be owned,
     8  possessed, leased, kept or held by the [person protected by  the  order]
     9  petitioner or a minor child residing in [such person's] the petitioner's
    10  or  respondent's household. Such order may also grant the petitioner the
    11  exclusive care,  custody  or  control  of  any  animal  that  is  owned,
    12  possessed,  leased,  kept or held by the petitioner, the respondent or a
    13  minor child residing in the residence or household of the petitioner  or
    14  the  respondent,  and  order the respondent to stay away from the animal
    15  and forbid the respondent from taking, transferring,  concealing,  harm-
    16  ing, or otherwise disposing of the animal.
    17    § 3. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (i) of section 551 of the family court
    18  act,  as  amended by chapter 526 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
    19  as follows:
    20    1. to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing,  without  justi-
    21  fication,  any  companion  animal  the  respondent  knows  to  be owned,
    22  possessed, leased, kept or held by the [person protected by  the  order]
    23  petitioner or a minor child residing in [such person's] the petitioner's
    24  or  respondent's household. Such order may also grant the petitioner the
    25  exclusive care,  custody  or  control  of  any  animal  that  is  owned,
    26  possessed,  leased,  kept or held by the petitioner, the respondent or a
    27  minor child residing in the residence or household of the petitioner  or
    28  the  respondent,  and  order the respondent to stay away from the animal
    29  and forbid the respondent from taking, transferring,  concealing,  harm-
    30  ing, or otherwise disposing of the animal.
    31    § 4. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (i) of section 656 of the family court
    32  act,  as  amended by chapter 526 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
    33  as follows:
    34    1. to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing,  without  justi-
    35  fication,  any  companion  animal  the  respondent  knows  to  be owned,
    36  possessed, leased, kept or held by  the  petitioner  or  a  minor  child
    37  residing  in  the petitioner's or respondent's household. Such order may
    38  also grant the petitioner the exclusive care, custody or control of  any
    39  animal that is owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by the petitioner,
    40  the  respondent  or a minor child residing in the residence or household
    41  of the petitioner or the respondent, and order the  respondent  to  stay
    42  away  from  the  animal  and  forbid  the respondent from taking, trans-
    43  ferring, concealing, harming, or otherwise disposing of the animal.
    44    § 5. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (h) of section 759 of the family court
    45  act, as amended by chapter 532 of the laws of 2008, is amended  to  read
    46  as follows:
    47    1.  to  refrain from intentionally injuring or killing, without justi-
    48  fication, any  companion  animal  the  respondent  knows  to  be  owned,
    49  possessed,  leased,  kept or held by the [person protected by the order]
    50  petitioner or a minor child residing in [such person's] the petitioner's
    51  or respondent's household. Such order may also grant the petitioner  the
    52  exclusive  care,  custody  or  control  of  any  animal  that  is owned,
    53  possessed, leased, kept or held by the petitioner, the respondent  or  a
    54  minor  child residing in the residence or household of the petitioner or
    55  the respondent, and order the respondent to stay away  from  the  animal

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     1  and  forbid  the respondent from taking, transferring, concealing, harm-
     2  ing, or otherwise disposing of the animal.
     3    § 6. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (i) of section 842 of the family court
     4  act,  as  amended by chapter 526 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
     5  as follows:
     6    1. to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing,  without  justi-
     7  fication,  any  companion  animal  the  respondent  knows  to  be owned,
     8  possessed, leased, kept or held by  the  petitioner  or  a  minor  child
     9  residing  in  the petitioner's or respondent's household. Such order may
    10  also grant the petitioner the exclusive care, custody or control of  any
    11  animal that is owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by the petitioner,
    12  the  respondent  or a minor child residing in the residence or household
    13  of the petitioner or the respondent, and order the  respondent  to  stay
    14  away  from  the  animal  and  forbid  the respondent from taking, trans-
    15  ferring, concealing, harming, or otherwise disposing of the animal.
    16    § 7. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section  1056
    17  of  the family court act, as amended by chapter 526 of the laws of 2013,
    18  is amended to read as follows:
    19    1. to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing,  without  justi-
    20  fication,  any  companion  animal  the  respondent  knows  to  be owned,
    21  possessed, leased, kept or held by the [person protected by  the  order]
    22  petitioner or a minor child residing in [such person's] the petitioner's
    23  or  respondent's household. Such order may also grant the petitioner the
    24  exclusive care,  custody  or  control  of  any  animal  that  is  owned,
    25  possessed,  leased,  kept or held by the petitioner, the respondent or a
    26  minor child residing in the residence or household of the petitioner  or
    27  the  respondent,  and  order the respondent to stay away from the animal
    28  and forbid the respondent from taking, transferring,  concealing,  harm-
    29  ing, or otherwise disposing of the animal.
    30    § 8. Clause (A) of subparagraph 6 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
    31  section  530.12 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 526
    32  of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    33    (A) to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing, without  justi-
    34  fication,  any  companion  animal  the  defendant  knows  to  be  owned,
    35  possessed, leased, kept or held by the victim or a minor child  residing
    36  in  the victim's or defendant's household. Such order may also grant the
    37  victim the exclusive care, custody or control  of  any  animal  that  is
    38  owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by the victim, the defendant or a
    39  minor  child residing in the residence or household of the victim or the
    40  defendant, and order the defendant to stay  away  from  the  animal  and
    41  forbid  the defendant from taking, transferring, concealing, harming, or
    42  otherwise disposing of the animal.
    43    § 9. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  1  of  section
    44  530.13  of  the  criminal  procedure law, as added by chapter 253 of the
    45  laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
    46    1. to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing,  without  justi-
    47  fication,  any  companion  animal  the  defendant  knows  to  be  owned,
    48  possessed, leased, kept or held by such victim or  victims  or  a  minor
    49  child  residing  in such victim's or victims' household.  Such order may
    50  also grant the victim the exclusive care,  custody  or  control  of  any
    51  animal that is owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by the victim, the
    52  defendant or a minor child residing in the residence or household of the
    53  victim  or  the defendant, and order the defendant to stay away from the
    54  animal and forbid the defendant from taking,  transferring,  concealing,
    55  harming, or otherwise disposing of the animal.

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     1    § 10. Subparagraph 7 of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 240 of
     2  the  domestic  relations  law,  as amended by chapter 526 of the laws of
     3  2013, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (7)  to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing, without justi-
     5  fication, any  companion  animal  the  respondent  knows  to  be  owned,
     6  possessed,  leased,  kept or held by the [person protected by the order]
     7  petitioner or a minor child residing in [such person's] the petitioner's
     8  or respondent's household. Such order may also grant the petitioner  the
     9  exclusive  care,  custody  or  control  of  any  animal  that  is owned,
    10  possessed, leased, kept or held by the petitioner, the respondent  or  a
    11  minor  child residing in the residence or household of the petitioner or
    12  the respondent, and order the respondent to stay away  from  the  animal
    13  and  forbid  the respondent from taking, transferring, concealing, harm-
    14  ing, or otherwise disposing of the animal. "Companion animal,"  as  used
    15  in  this  section, shall have the same meaning as in subdivision five of
    16  section three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets law;
    17    § 11. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section 252  of  the  domestic
    18  relations law, as amended by chapter 526 of the laws of 2013, is amended
    19  to read as follows:
    20    (g)  to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing, without justi-
    21  fication, any  companion  animal  the  respondent  knows  to  be  owned,
    22  possessed,  leased,  kept or held by the [person protected by the order]
    23  petitioner or a minor child residing in [such person's] the petitioner's
    24  or respondent's household.  Such order may also grant the petitioner the
    25  exclusive care,  custody  or  control  of  any  animal  that  is  owned,
    26  possessed,  leased,  kept or held by the petitioner, the respondent or a
    27  minor child residing in the residence or household of the petitioner  or
    28  the  respondent,  and  order the respondent to stay away from the animal
    29  and forbid the respondent from taking, transferring,  concealing,  harm-
    30  ing,  or  otherwise disposing of the animal. "Companion animal," as used
    31  in this section, shall have the same meaning as in subdivision  five  of
    32  section three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets law;
    33    § 12. This act shall take effect immediately.
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