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Int 0706-2011

Increasing penalties for owning or harboring a dangerous dog and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report on dangerous dogs.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Healthintroduced 2011-11-03

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2011-11-03Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on HealthDepartment of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and EMS (health-related issues).

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This bill: 789 days in committee

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Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2011-11-03 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2011-11-03 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council

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City Council · 2011-11-03 · 1:30 PM · Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision a and b of section 17-350 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: §17-350 Violations and penalties. a. Any person who violates any provision of this subchapter or any of the regulations promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine [or] of not less than [five hundred] one thousand nor more than [five thousand] ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. b. In addition to the penalties prescribed by subdivision a of this section, any person who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than [five hundred] one thousand nor more than [five thousand] ten thousand dollars. §2. Subchapter 6 of chapter 3 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-354.1 to read as follows: §17-354.1 Reporting requirement. Before January 1, 2012, and every year thereafter, the department shall provide the mayor and the city council with a report including, but not limited to, the following information: a. the number of dangerous dog complaints received by the department during the previous calendar year; b. the number of dangerous dog complaints that the department investigated during the previous calendar year; c. an aggregation of the outcomes of the dangerous dog complaints investigated by the department during the previous calendar year; d. the number of dogs that were classified as dangerous by the commissioner or a court of competent jurisdiction; e. the number of dog bite complaints received by the department during the previous calendar year; f. the number of dogs that were found to have rabies; g. an aggregation of the outcomes of the dog bite complaints investigated by the department during the previous calendar year. §3. This local law shall take effect ninety days after enactment; provided, however, that the commissioner shall take such actions, including the promulgation of rules, as are necessary for timely implementation of this local law. LS# 2577 LCC/JM/IR 6/19/11