Bill Text: NY A02778 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2778 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 20, 2015 ___________ 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. LBD02582-01-5