STATE OF NEW YORK
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5807--A
Cal. No. 1017
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Domestic Animal Welfare --
reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
on Rules -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third
reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled,
vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to sentenc-
ing for the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Tucker's law".
2 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 353-a of the agriculture and markets
3 law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 3. Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony. A defendant convicted of
6 this offense shall be sentenced pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision
7 one of section 55.10 of the penal law [provided, however, that any term
8 of imprisonment imposed for violation of this section shall be a defi-
9 nite sentence, which may not exceed two years].
10 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
11 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11736-03-9
