S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3179
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 24, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring indi-
viduals and businesses who offer or solicit pet cremation or burial
services for profit use a facility that is in compliance with New York
state laws
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 750-b of the general business law, as added by
2 chapter 526 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
3 S 750-b. License required. [On and after July thirty-first, nineteen
4 hundred ninety-three, no person shall engage for a fee in the business
5 of operating a pet cemetery or pet crematorium or hold himself or
6 herself out as being able so to do unless he or she is licensed therefor
7 pursuant to this article] THE STATE SHALL REQUIRE THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL,
8 BUSINESS, OR ENTITY OFFERING OR SOLICITING PET CREMATION OR BURIAL
9 SERVICES FOR PROFIT, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, USE A LICENSED CREMATORY
10 OR CEMETERY LOCATED IN, LICENSED BY, AND SUBJECT TO REGULATION BY THE
11 STATE OF NEW YORK. Nothing [herein] IN THIS SECTION shall prohibit a
12 person licensed in accordance with the provisions of this article from
13 employing individuals to assist in the operation of a pet cemetery or
14 pet crematorium.
15 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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