123-B – Offenses Against Service Animals and Handlers.
§ 123-b. Offenses against service animals and handlers. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section: (a) “Service animal” shall mean any animal that has been partnered with a person who has a disability and has been trained or is being trained, by a qualified person, to aid or guide a person with a disability. (b) […]
124 – Powers of Commissioner.
§ 124. Powers of commissioner. The commissioner is hereby authorized to: 1. (a) promulgate, after public hearing, such rules and regulations as are necessary to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of sections one hundred thirteen, one hundred fourteen and one hundred seventeen of this article; and (b) exercise all other powers and […]
117 – Seizure of Dogs; Redemption Periods; Impoundment Fees; Adoption.
§ 117. Seizure of dogs; redemption periods; impoundment fees; adoption. 1. Any dog control officer or peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, or police officer in the employ of or under contract to a municipality shall seize: (a) any dog which is not identified and which is not on the owner’s premises; (b) […]
117-A – Animal Population Control Program.
§ 117-a. Animal population control program. 1. The commissioner shall submit a request for proposals from not-for-profit entities as described herein for the purpose of administering a state animal population control program. The entity chosen to administer such program shall enter into a contract with the state for a term of five years, which may […]
118 – Violations.
§ 118. Violations. 1. It shall be a violation, punishable as provided in subdivision two of this section, for: (a) any owner to fail to license any dog; (b) any owner to fail to have any dog identified as required by this article; (c) any person to knowingly affix to any dog any false or […]
119 – Disposition of Fines.
§ 119. Disposition of fines. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all moneys collected as fines or penalties by any municipality as a result of any prosecution for violations of the provisions of this article or any local law or ordinance and all bail forfeitures by persons charged with such violations shall be the property […]
120 – Protection of Deer.
§ 120. Protection of deer. 1. Whenever the governing body of any municipality shall determine that the deer population in the municipality or part thereof is suffering severe depredation due to dogs attacking, chasing or worrying deer, such governing body may by order require that all dogs in such municipality or part thereof shall be […]
121 – Night Quarantine.
§ 121. Night quarantine. 1. The governing body of any municipality may at any time by order require that all dogs in such municipality shall be securely confined between sunset and one hour after sunrise during the period of time designated in the order, or, if no time is so designated, until the order is […]
122 – Local Laws or Ordinances.
§ 122. Local laws or ordinances. 1. Any municipality may enact a local law or ordinance upon the keeping or running at large of dogs and the seizure thereof, provided no municipality shall vary, modify, enlarge or restrict the provisions of this article relating to rabies vaccination and euthanization. 2. Such local law or ordinance […]
123 – Dangerous Dogs.
§ 123. Dangerous dogs. 1. Any person who witnesses an attack or threatened attack, or in the case of a minor, an adult acting on behalf of such minor, may make a complaint of an attack or threatened attack upon a person, companion animal as defined in section three hundred fifty of this chapter, farm […]