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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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