S 1742: Increases the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs from a violation to a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1742 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas- ing the penalty of knowingly violating the provisions relating to the appropriate shelter for dogs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 353-b of the 2 agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 594 of the laws of 3 2003, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Any person who owns or has custody or control of a dog that is 5 left outdoors shall provide it with shelter appropriate to its breed, 6 physical condition and the climate. Any person who knowingly violates 7 the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a [violation, punisha- 8 ble by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred 9 dollars for a first offense, and a fine of not less than one hundred 10 dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars for a second and subse- 11 quent offenses] misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more 12 than one year, or by a fine not less than five hundred dollars nor more 13 than one thousand dollars, or by both. Beginning seventy-two hours after 14 a charge of violating this section, each day that a defendant fails to 15 correct the deficiencies in the dog shelter for a dog that [he or she] 16 such person owns or that is in [his or her] such person's custody or 17 control and that is left outdoors, so as to bring it into compliance 18 with the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate offense. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05302-01-5