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| 1 | 1 | <STYLE><!--U {color: Green}S {color: RED} I {color: DARKBLUE; background-color:yellow} P.brk {page-break-before:always}--></STYLE> <BASEFONT SIZE=3> <PRE WIDTH="108"> <FONT SIZE=5><B> STATE OF NEW YORK</B></FONT> ________________________________________________________________________ 7950 2025-2026 Regular Sessions <FONT SIZE=5><B> IN ASSEMBLY</B></FONT> April 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the penalty for the abandonment of animals <B><U>The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-</U></B> <B><U>bly, do enact as follows:</U></B> 1 Section 1. Section 355 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended 2 by chapter 458 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 355. Abandonment of animals. A person being the owner or possessor, 4 or having charge or custody of an animal, who abandons such animal, or 5 leaves it to die in a street, road or public place, or who allows such 6 animal, if it become disabled, to lie in a public street, road or public 7 place more than three hours after [<B><S>he</S></B>] <B><U>such person</U></B> receives notice that 8 it is left disabled, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprison- 9 ment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not <B><U>less than five</U></B> 10 <B><U>hundred dollars nor</U></B> more than one thousand dollars, or by both. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in <B><U>italics</U></B> (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [<B><S> </S></B>] is old law to be omitted. LBD05301-01-5 |