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NY S05371
Bill
Status
5/14/2015
Primary Sponsor
Tony Avella
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AI Summary
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Establishes a central animal abuser registry maintained by the Commissioner and local registries maintained by county sheriffs for individuals convicted of animal abuse offenses.
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Requires persons over 18 convicted of felony animal abuse violations or specified animal cruelty statutes to register with their county sheriff and annually renew registration for 5 years (or 10 years if subsequently convicted of another qualifying offense).
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Prohibits registered animal abusers from possessing, adopting, owning, purchasing or exercising control over companion animals during their registration period, except courts may allow limited animals if the person is determined to be a hoarder.
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Requires animal shelters and pet dealers to check the registry before transferring companion animals and prohibits sales to registered abusers; violators face fines up to $1,000.
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Makes failure to register, providing false information, or violating possession prohibitions a felony punishable by up to 4 years imprisonment and fines of $5,000 for first offenses or $10,000 for subsequent offenses.
Legislative Description
Creates the animal abuser central registry, and requires that certain convicted animal abusers register with such registry; provides such registrants are prohibited from possessing, adopting, owning, purchasing or exercising control over any animal except in certain cases in the court's discretion; provides fines and imprisonment for non-compliance.
Last Action
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
1/6/2016