Legislation
SECTION 195.11
Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE L, ARTICLE 195
§ 195.11 Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in
the second degree.
A person is guilty of harming an animal trained to aid a person with a
disability in the second degree when such person intentionally causes
physical injury to such animal while it is in the performance of aiding
a person with a disability, and thereby renders such animal incapable of
providing such aid to such person, or to another person with a
disability.
For purposes of this section and section 195.12 of this article, the
term "disability" means "disability" as defined in subdivision
twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law.
Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the
second degree is a class B misdemeanor.
the second degree.
A person is guilty of harming an animal trained to aid a person with a
disability in the second degree when such person intentionally causes
physical injury to such animal while it is in the performance of aiding
a person with a disability, and thereby renders such animal incapable of
providing such aid to such person, or to another person with a
disability.
For purposes of this section and section 195.12 of this article, the
term "disability" means "disability" as defined in subdivision
twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law.
Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the
second degree is a class B misdemeanor.