Bill Text: NY A02778 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to community based initiatives for the purpose of trapping, neutering, vaccinating and returning feral cats to the area from which they were trapped.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-9)

Status: (Vetoed) 0000-00-00 - [A02778 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02778-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2778
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. McDONALD, CLARK, STECK, TITONE, BROOK-KRASNY,
          GOTTFRIED, FAHY, CUSICK, BRINDISI, GUNTHER, SCHIMEL,  WEPRIN,  SKOUFIS
          --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.   ARROYO, CAMARA, FINCH, GIGLIO,
          GLICK, LUPARDO, MALLIOTAKIS, McLAUGHLIN, RAIA, TEDISCO  --  read  once
          and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to communi-
          ty based initiatives for the purpose of trapping, neutering, vaccinat-
          ing and returning feral cats to the area from which they were trapped
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  117-a  of  the  agriculture  and
     2  markets  law,  as  amended  by section 11 of part T of chapter 59 of the
     3  laws of 2010, is amended and a new subdivision 10 is added  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    1. The commissioner shall submit a request for proposals from not-for-
     6  profit  entities  as described herein for the purpose of administering a
     7  state animal population control program. The entity chosen to administer
     8  such program shall enter into a contract with the state for  a  term  of
     9  five  years, which may be renewed subject to the approval of the commis-
    10  sioner. The purpose of this program shall be to reduce the population of
    11  unwanted and stray dogs and cats thereby reducing incidence of  euthana-
    12  sia and potential threats to public health and safety posed by the large
    13  population  of  these animals. This program shall seek to accomplish its
    14  purpose by encouraging residents of New York state who are the owners of
    15  dogs and cats or, subject to  the  conditions  established  pursuant  to
    16  subdivision  ten  of this section, community-based initiatives operating
    17  in coordination with an eligible not-for-profit  entity  as  defined  in
    18  subdivision  eight of this section for the purposes of trapping, neuter-
    19  ing, vaccinating and releasing feral cats as defined in subparagraph two
    20  of paragraph e of subdivision six of section  11-0103  of  the  environ-
    21  mental  conservation  law,  to have them spayed or neutered by providing
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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