Bill Text: NY A00724 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 724 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides for the humane treatment and removal of downed animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to agriculture [A00724 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00724-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        724--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee  on  Agriculture  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to downed
         animals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 96-g of the agriculture and markets law is amended
    2  by adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
    3    18. "DOWNED ANIMAL" MEANS ANY LIVE SPECIES OF CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS  OR
    4  SWINE THAT IS UNABLE TO STAND AND WALK UNASSISTED.
    5    S  2.  The  agriculture  and  markets  law  is amended by adding a new
    6  section 96-k to read as follows:
    7    S 96-K. DOWNED  ANIMALS.  1.  NO  SLAUGHTERHOUSE,  STOCKYARD,  AUCTION
    8  MARKET  AGENCY, OR DEALER SHALL BUY, SELL, OR RECEIVE A DOWNED ANIMAL OR
    9  PRODUCTS OF DOWNED ANIMALS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
   10    2. NO SLAUGHTERHOUSE, STOCKYARD,  AUCTION  MARKET  AGENCY,  OR  DEALER
   11  SHALL  HOLD  A DOWNED ANIMAL WITHOUT TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION TO HUMANELY
   12  EUTHANIZE THE ANIMAL, OR  HUMANELY  REMOVE  THE  ANIMAL  FOR  VETERINARY
   13  TREATMENT.
   14    3. WHILE IN TRANSIT OR ON THE PREMISES OF A SLAUGHTERHOUSE, STOCKYARD,
   15  AUCTION  MARKET  AGENCY, OR DEALER, A DOWNED ANIMAL SHALL NOT BE DRAGGED
   16  AT ANY TIME, OR PUSHED WITH EQUIPMENT AT ANY TIME, BUT  SHALL  BE  MOVED
   17  WITH  A SLING OR ON A STONEBOAT OR BY OTHER SLED-LIKE OR WHEELED CONVEY-
   18  ANCE.
   19    4. AS USED IN THIS SECTION (A) "HUMANELY EUTHANIZED" MEANS TO KILL  BY
   20  CHEMICAL METHOD OR A PENETRATING CAPTIVE BOLT TO THE FRONTAL PART OF THE
   21  BRAIN  THAT  RAPIDLY  AND  EFFECTIVELY RENDERS THE ANIMAL INSENSITIVE TO
   22  PAIN.  CHEMICAL METHODS ARE TO BE RESTRICTED SOLELY  TO  THE  USE  OF  A
   23  PENTOBARBITAL SOLUTION IN A CONCENTRATION DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE AN IMMEDI-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02342-03-3
       A. 724--A                           2
    1  ATE  AND PAINLESS DEATH; AND (B) "HUMANELY REMOVE" MEANS MOVING A DOWNED
    2  ANIMAL WITH A SLING OR ON A STONEBOAT OR BY OTHER SLED-LIKE  OR  WHEELED
    3  CONVEYANCE.
    4    5.  A  VIOLATION  OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE A MISDEMEANOR AS DEFINED IN
    5  SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 10.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.
    6    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    7  have become a law.