Bill Text: NY A01218 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires owners and trainers to complete an online training course detailing their responsibilities as a condition of their licensure; requires educational material established by the department of agriculture and markets regarding the responsible and humane retirement of horses to be distributed by equine veterinarians in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to racing and wagering [A01218 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01218-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1218
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Racing and Wagering
        AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law  and
          the  agriculture  and  markets law, in relation to the notification of
          responsible and humane retirement of horses to trainers and owners
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding law is
     2  amended by adding a new section 130 to read as follows:
     3    § 130. Completion of online training course. Any owner or trainer that
     4  is required to be licensed pursuant to this chapter, shall  complete  an
     5  online training course, established pursuant to subdivision fifty-one of
     6  section  sixteen  of  the  agriculture  and  markets  law, detailing the
     7  responsibilities of the  owner  and  trainer  as  a  condition  of  such
     8  license.
     9    §  2.  Section  16  of  the  agriculture and markets law is amended by
    10  adding two new subdivisions 50 and 51 to read as follows:
    11    50. Establish  educational  material  regarding  the  responsible  and
    12  humane retirement of horses which shall be distributed by equine veteri-
    13  narians in the state.
    14    51.  Establish  an online training course to be administered to owners
    15  and trainers detailing the responsibilities of such owners and trainers,
    16  including the responsible and humane retirement of race horses.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    18  section  two  of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
    19  day after it shall have become a law;  the  addition,  amendment  and/or
    20  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    21  this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and completed on
    22  or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05015-01-9