Bill Text: NY A00739 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 739 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Prohibits companion animal piercing and tattooing except when done in conjunction with a medical procedure for the benefit of a companion animal.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-4)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-15 - signed chap.479 [A00739 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        739--B
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, MOYA, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, McDONOUGH,
         TEDISCO, TENNEY, MOSLEY, BROOK-KRASNY, TITONE, CUSICK  --  Multi-Spon-
         sored  by  --  M.    of  A.  GALEF,  GLICK, GOTTFRIED -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Agriculture -- committee discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee  -- recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with
         Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- 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  prohib-
         iting piercing and tattooing of companion animals
         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 353-f to read as follows:
    3    S  353-F.  COMPANION  ANIMAL PIERCING AND TATTOOING PROHIBITED. 1.  NO
    4  PERSON SHALL PIERCE OR CAUSE TO HAVE PIERCED A COMPANION  ANIMAL  UNLESS
    5  SUCH  PIERCING  PROVIDES A MEDICAL BENEFIT TO THE COMPANION ANIMAL. SUCH
    6  PIERCING SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A  LICENSED  VETERINARIAN  OR  UNDER  THE
    7  SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED VETERINARIAN. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE
    8  CONSTRUED TO APPLY TO EAR TAGS ON RABBITS AND CAVIES.
    9    2. NO PERSON SHALL TATTOO OR CAUSE TO HAVE TATTOOED A COMPANION ANIMAL
   10  UNLESS SUCH TATTOO:
   11    (A) PROVIDES A MEDICAL BENEFIT TO THE COMPANION ANIMAL; OR
   12    (B)  IS DONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFICATION OF THE COMPANION ANIMAL
   13  AND NOT FOR DESIGN PURPOSES, AND SUCH TATTOO INCLUDES ONLY SUCH  NUMBERS
   14  AND/OR  LETTERS  ALLOTTED BY A CORPORATION THAT IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF
   15  ITS BUSINESS MAINTAINS AN ANIMAL TATTOO IDENTIFICATION REGISTRY.
   16    3. TATTOOING FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING A MEDICAL  BENEFIT  TO  THE
   17  COMPANION  ANIMAL SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A LICENSED VETERINARIAN OR UNDER
   18  THE SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED VETERINARIAN.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05036-07-4
       A. 739--B                           2
    1    4. ANY PERSON FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDE-
    2  MEANOR PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR, OR A  FINE
    3  OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BY BOTH.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    5  it shall have become a law.