Bill Text: NY A02756 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to designating the service dog as the official state dog.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 78-23)

Status: (Passed) 2015-12-22 - approval memo.26 [A02756 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02756-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2756
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. TITONE, GUNTHER, SKARTADOS, PAULIN, OTIS, DiPIE-
         TRO, MONTESANO, TENNEY, BROOK-KRASNY, JAFFEE, MOSLEY, McDONOUGH, RAIA,
         CORWIN, BUTLER, ARROYO, DenDEKKER,  MILLER,  BRONSON,  MARKEY,  GALEF,
         PEOPLES-STOKES,  BRINDISI,  KAVANAGH, GJONAJ, MORELLE, CRESPO, MALLIO-
         TAKIS, FITZPATRICK, BARRETT, SANTABARBARA, SKOUFIS, HOOPER  --  Multi-
         Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  ABBATE, BARCLAY, CAMARA, CERETTO, COOK,
         DUPREY, KEARNS, LENTOL, LUPINACCI, PERRY, RA, RIVERA, SCHIMEL,  SOLAG-
         ES,  THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
         Operations
       AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to designating  service  dogs
         as the official state dog
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new section 90 to read
    2  as follows:
    3    S 90. STATE DOG. THE SERVICE DOG SHALL BE  THE  OFFICIAL  DOG  OF  THE
    4  STATE. "SERVICE DOG" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN SECTION
    5  ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03780-01-5
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