What's happening
This bill increases monetary penalties for failing to provide appropriate shelter for dogs left outdoors in New York.
Why it matters
Raises the financial stakes for noncompliance. By increasing fines to as much as $250 for a first offense, $500 for a second, and $1,000 for a third, the bill makes it significantly more costly to repeatedly fail to provide proper shelter for dogs, which could deter neglectful behavior.
Targets repeat offenders. The tiered penalty system specifically escalates consequences for those with multiple violations, aiming to discourage ongoing or habitual neglect rather than just issuing a one-time penalty.
Allows for daily penalties. After 72 hours without correcting the violation, each additional day of noncompliance is treated as a separate offense, meaning fines can quickly accumulate, adding urgency for offenders to address issues promptly to avoid substantial financial repercussions.
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Increase Dog Shelter Fines
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- Referred to agriculture
- Referred to agriculture
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Increase Dog Shelter Fines
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Timothy M. Kennedy
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1901
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, CUSICK, HEVESI, BARRETT, McDONOUGH -read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increasing the monetary penalties for the failure to provide appropriate shelter for a dog left outdoors
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 353-b of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 594 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Any person who owns or has custody or control of a dog that is left outdoors shall provide it with shelter appropriate to its breed, physical condition and the climate. Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation, punishable by a fine of [not less than] up to two hundred fifty dollars [nor more than one hundred dollars] for a first offense, [and] a fine of [not less than one] up to five hundred dollars [nor more than two hundred fifty dollars] for a second violation and [subsequent offenses] a fine of up to one thousand dollars for a third violation. Beginning seventytwo hours after a charge of violating this section, each day that a defendant fails to correct the deficiencies in the dog shelter for a dog that he or she owns or that is in his or her custody or control and that is left outdoors, so as to bring it into compliance with the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01438-01-9
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