Bill Text: NY A01383 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows livestock owners to purchase and possess rabies vaccine and to vaccinate their livestock against rabies during emergency rabies outbreak situations as determined by the commissioner of health; provides for the expiration and repeal of such provisions after two years; defines livestock for the purpose of this section.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-04 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [A01383 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01383-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1383
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. McENENY, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         CANESTRARI, COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, TOWNS,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Agriculture
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
         administration of rabies vaccine to livestock and  providing  for  the
         repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
         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 89-a to read as follows:
    3    S 89-A. ADMINISTRATION OF  RABIES  VACCINE.  (1)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
    4  OTHER  SECTION  OF LAW, ANY LIVESTOCK OWNER MAY DIRECTLY PURCHASE KILLED
    5  RABIES VACCINE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF VACCINATING  LIVESTOCK  OWNED  BY
    6  SUCH  LIVESTOCK OWNER. LIVESTOCK VACCINATED IN SUCH A MANNER WITHOUT THE
    7  DIRECT OR SUPERVISORY  PARTICIPATION  OF  A  VETERINARIAN  WILL  NOT  BE
    8  CONSIDERED  AS VACCINATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF
    9  AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT, AGENCY,  OR  AGENT  OF
   10  THE  STATE  FOR THE PURPOSES OF MATTERS INVOLVING STATE ACTION OR POLICY
   11  TOWARDS LIVESTOCK, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, QUARANTINE IN THE CASE
   12  OF A RABIES OUTBREAK OR LOCAL  RABIES  EMERGENCY,  AND  ELIGIBILITY  FOR
   13  PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR OR ANY COUNTY OR LOCAL FAIR RUN
   14  BY ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  LIVESTOCK VACCI-
   15  NATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR INDEMNIFICATION
   16  FOR  RABIES  AS  PROVIDED  FOR IN ARTICLE SIX-A OF THIS CHAPTER IF IT IS
   17  DETERMINED THAT SUCH  VACCINATIONS,  CONDUCTED  WITHOUT  THE  DIRECT  OR
   18  SUPERVISORY  PARTICIPATION OF A VETERINARIAN, CONTRIBUTED TO THE DAMAGES
   19  TO THE ANIMAL.
   20    (2) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  TERM  "LIVESTOCK"  SHALL  MEAN
   21  CATTLE AND HORSES AND ANY SPECIES OF LIVESTOCK THAT ARE INDICATED ON THE
   22  VACCINE  LABEL  OR  PACKAGE  INSERT. THE TERM "LIVESTOCK" SHALL NOT MEAN
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00509-01-1
       A. 1383                             2
    1  DOGS AND CATS. ALL  KILLED  RABIES  VACCINES  MUST  BE  ADMINISTERED  IN
    2  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  SPECIFICATIONS  OF  THE  PRODUCT LABEL OR PACKAGE
    3  INSERT.
    4    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    5  deemed repealed 2 years after such effective date.