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NY S01137

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

6/6/2017

Primary Sponsor

Carl Marcellino

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 355 of the Agriculture and Markets Law regarding punishment for animal abandonment
  • Increases the maximum fine for abandonment of animals from $1,000 to $2,000
  • Maintains the existing maximum imprisonment penalty of not more than one year
  • Makes grammatical corrections to the statute including changing "become" to "becomes" and adding "or she" for gender-neutral language
  • Takes effect on November 1st following enactment

Legislative Description

Increases the maximum fine for the misdemeanor of abandonment of animals to $2,000.

Last Action

referred to agriculture

6/6/2018

Committee Referrals

Agriculture6/6/2018
Agriculture1/3/2018
Agriculture6/6/2017
Agriculture1/6/2017

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