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NY S04641
Bill
Status
6/3/2015
Primary Sponsor
Patricia Ritchie
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AI Summary
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Amends Agriculture and Markets Law Section 353-a to increase the maximum prison sentence for aggravated cruelty to animals from two years to four years when committed in the presence of a child.
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Defines "in the presence of a child" as being in the physical presence of a child under age eighteen while knowing or having reason to know that child is present and may see or hear the act.
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Maintains the existing two-year maximum sentence for aggravated cruelty to animals when not committed in a child's presence.
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Takes effect 180 days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals in the presence of a child; increases the potential term of imprisonment from two to four years when such crime is committed in the presence of a child; defines presence of a child.
Last Action
COMMITTED TO RULES
6/17/2016