Senate Bill S292

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to implementing a dangerous dog owner alert system

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S292 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-cc, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4567
2017-2018: S2502
2019-2020: S369
2021-2022: S234

2023-S292 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to implementing a dangerous dog owner alert system.

2023-S292 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S292 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    292
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to implementing a
   dangerous dog owner alert system

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known as "Templeton's Law".
   §  2.  Subdivision 6 of section 209-cc of the general municipal law is
 renumbered subdivision 7 and a new subdivision 6 is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   6. (A) THE CLERK OF EACH CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE SHALL PROVIDE NECESSARY
 DATA  TO  THE  CLERK  OF  THE COUNTY WHERE SUCH CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IS
 LOCATED AND SUCH COUNTY SHALL MAINTAIN A WEB PAGE LISTING THE  BLOCK  OF
 ALL  RESIDENCES WHERE SUCH DOGS ARE KEPT WITHIN SUCH MUNICIPALITY.  SUCH
 WEB PAGE SHALL PROVIDE, FOR EACH BLOCK  LISTED,  A  LINK  TO  A  MAPPING
 SERVICE  SITE  THAT  UTILIZES  GLOBAL  POSITIONING  SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TO
 PROVIDE STREET MAPS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY OF  SUCH  BLOCKS.  THE  COUNTY
 CLERK  SHALL  POST ON SUCH WEB PAGE NOTIFICATIONS OF THE BLOCK WHERE THE
 OWNER RESIDES WITH A CONVICTION FOR AN  OFFENSE  INVOLVING  A  DANGEROUS
 DOG.  POSTING  SUCH  NOTIFICATION  ON  THE WEB PAGE SHALL NOT PRECLUDE A
 CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE FROM USING ANY OTHER SPECIFIC INFORMATION SUCH  AS
 A  RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS, DOG'S NAME OR ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL MEANS OF
 NOTIFYING LOCAL RESIDENTS OF SUCH CONVICTIONS.
   (B) UPON THE DEATH OF A DANGEROUS DOG, THE OWNER OF SUCH DANGEROUS DOG
 SHALL NOTIFY THE CLERK OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH  HE  RESIDES.    THE
 CLERK,  IN  TURN, SHALL FORWARD SUCH NOTIFICATION TO THE COUNTY CLERK OF
 THE COUNTY WHERE SUCH MUNICIPALITY IS LOCATED.
   (C) UPON A CHANGE OF RESIDENCE, THE OWNER OF  A  DANGEROUS  DOG  SHALL
 NOTIFY  THE CLERK IN  THE MUNICIPALITY WHICH HE IS MOVING FROM AND SHALL
 NOTIFY THE CLERK OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH HE SHALL RESIDE THAT HE IS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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