Bill Text: NY A04516 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires an authorized agent of the department of agriculture and markets to be present at all disposal rendering plants during all hours of operation.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to agriculture [A04516 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04516-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4516
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Agriculture
       AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
         ing an authorized agent of the department of agriculture  and  markets
         to  be  present  at  all disposal rendering plants during all hours of
         operation
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 96-z-8 of the agriculture and markets law, as added
    2  by chapter 391 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 96-z-8. Access to premises; records. 1. The commissioner may inspect
    4  as  often  as  he OR SHE deems necessary, each disposal plant or vehicle
    5  licensed under the provisions of this article. For the purpose of making
    6  such inspection, the commissioner and his OR HER authorized agents shall
    7  have free access to all disposal plants licensed [hereunder] UNDER  THIS
    8  ARTICLE  and  to  all  premises  where vehicles used in a transportation
    9  service are located.  Licensees  shall  maintain  such  records  as  the
   10  commissioner  may  require  pertaining to the origin, movement, storage,
   11  distribution or other disposition of  inedible  meat  and  such  records
   12  shall be open to inspection by the commissioner or his OR HER authorized
   13  agents at any time during normal working hours.
   14    2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE A DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR TO BE PRESENT
   15  AT  ALL  DISPOSAL PLANTS DURING ALL HOURS OF OPERATION OF SUCH PLANT FOR
   16  THE PURPOSES OF ENFORCING THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND  MAKING
   17  DAILY  INSPECTIONS.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION A "DEPARTMENT
   18  INSPECTOR" SHALL MEAN  AN  AUTHORIZED  GOVERNMENT  OFFICIAL  HAVING  THE
   19  JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   20    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   21  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08490-01-1