Bill Text: NY A04533 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the inspection of live poultry markets by the department of agriculture and markets; provides for the commissioner, or his or her authorized agent, to notify the zoning or planning board of the municipality in which such market is located if the market commences additional slaughtering operations over which the department has no statutory jurisdiction on the same premises.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-03 - enacting clause stricken [A04533 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04533-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4533
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. CLARK, TITUS, ORTIZ, COOK, SCARBOROUGH -- read
         once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law,  in  relation  to  live
         poultry markets
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
    2  section 96-f-1 to read as follows:
    3    S 96-F-1. NOTIFICATION OF MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN INSTANCES. 1. UPON
    4  INSPECTION  OF  A  LIVE  POULTRY  MARKET  PURSUANT  TO THIS ARTICLE, THE
    5  COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED AGENT SHALL NOTIFY THE  ZONING  OR
    6  PLANNING  BOARD  OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH SUCH MARKET IS LOCATED IF,
    7  FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE,
    8  THE  MARKET  COMMENCES ADDITIONAL SLAUGHTERING OPERATIONS OVER WHICH THE
    9  DEPARTMENT HAS NO STATUTORY  JURISDICTION  ON  THE  SAME  PREMISES.  THE
   10  COMMISSIONER  OR  HIS  OR HER AUTHORIZED AGENT MAY ALSO NOTIFY ANY ADDI-
   11  TIONAL MUNICIPAL ENTITY AS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY  OF
   12  THE PUBLIC.
   13    2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF LAW, THIS SECTION SHALL
   14  APPLY WHETHER OR NOT THE  DEPARTMENT  HAS  ENTERED  INTO  A  CONTRACTUAL
   15  AGREEMENT  TO  INSPECT  SUCH  ADDITIONAL SLAUGHTERING OPERATIONS FOR THE
   16  USDA FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT
   17  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT ENTER INTO SUCH CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS IF  SUCH
   18  OPERATIONS ARE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF ANY LOCAL ZONING LAW OR REGU-
   19  LATION.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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