Bill Text: NY A05867 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to a shared animal ownership agreement; allows owner to receive a proportionate share of the animal's raw milk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - held for consideration in agriculture [A05867 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05867-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5867 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LALOR, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to shared animal ownership agreements The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new 2 section 46-b to read as follows: 3 § 46-b. Shared animal ownership agreement. Shared animal ownership is 4 any contractual arrangement under which an individual: 5 1. acquires an ownership interest in a milk-producing animal; 6 2. agrees to pay another for, reimburse another for, or otherwise 7 accept financial responsibility for the care and boarding of the milk- 8 producing animal at the dairy farm; and 9 3. is entitled to receive a proportionate share of the animal's raw 10 milk production as a condition of the contractual arrangement. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or 13 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 14 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before 15 such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00919-01-9