Bill Text: NY A06406 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to outdoor restraints of companion animals; prohibits tethering for more than 3 hours or a time approved by in writing by animal control but not to exceed 12 hours in any 24 hour period; prohibits tethering when a weather advisory or warning is in effect; tethered dogs must be free of cruel conditions or inhumane tethering; misdemeanor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-02 - print number 6406a [A06406 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A06406-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6406--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 24, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture -- recommitted to the Committee on Agricul- ture in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to outdoor restraint of companion animals 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 353-g to read as follows: 3 § 353-g. Outdoor restraint of companion animals. 1. For purposes of 4 this section, "tether" means to restrain a dog by attaching the dog to 5 any object or structure, including without limitation a house, tree, 6 fence, post, garage, or shed, by any means, including without limitation 7 a chain, rope, cord, leash, or running line. Tethering does not include 8 the use of a leash to walk a dog. 9 2. It shall be unlawful to tether a dog outdoors, except when all of 10 the following conditions are met: 11 (a) The tether must be attached to the dog with a buckle type collar 12 or a body harness made of nylon or leather that is at least one inch 13 thick. Choke or pinch type collars, attached weights and chains over 14 one-quarter inch thick cannot be utilized for tethering. 15 (b) (i) The length of a stationary tether shall not be less than ten 16 feet or five times the length of the dog's body as measured from the tip 17 of the nose to the base of the tail, whichever length is greater; shall 18 connect at both ends with a swivel; shall weigh less than 1/10th of the 19 dog's weight; shall be free of tangles; and shall restrain the dog to 20 the owner's property. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06264-04-6
