Bill Text: NY A07526 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring animal shelters to prepare annual reports on the number of animal intakes and dispositions and the types of animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to agriculture [A07526 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07526-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7526
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. KATZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
         ing  animal  shelters to prepare annual reports on the type and number
         of animal intakes and dispositions
         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 374-a to read as follows:
    3    S 374-A. ANIMAL SHELTER ANNUAL REPORTS. 1. ALL ANIMAL SHELTERS  SHALL,
    4  BY JANUARY FIRST OF EACH YEAR, PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT DISCLOSING:
    5    (A)  THE NUMBER OF ANIMAL INTAKES, AND TYPE OF ANIMALS, INCLUDING, BUT
    6  NOT LIMITED TO ANIMALS THAT WERE:
    7    (I) SURRENDERED BY OWNERS;
    8    (II) BROUGHT IN BY ANIMAL CONTROL, SPECIFIED BY JURISDICTION; AND
    9    (III) STRAYS TAKEN IN BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE OWNER;
   10    (B) THE NUMBER OF ANIMAL DISPOSITIONS, AND TYPE OF ANIMALS, INCLUDING,
   11  BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANIMALS THAT:
   12    (I) WERE ADOPTED;
   13    (II) WERE RELEASED TO OWNERS;
   14    (III) WERE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER FACILITIES, SPECIFIED BY FACILITY; AND
   15    (IV) DIED, SPECIFYING THE REASON FOR DEATH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
   16  TO NATURAL CAUSES OR EUTHANASIA, AND  SPECIFYING  THE  REASON  FOR  SUCH
   17  EUTHANASIA.
   18    2. EACH ANIMAL SHELTER SHALL, PROVIDED SUCH ANIMAL SHELTER MAINTAINS A
   19  WEBSITE,  POST  A NOTICE ON ITS WEBSITE THAT SUCH REPORT IS AVAILABLE TO
   20  BE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC AND SHALL MAINTAIN EACH ANNUAL REPORT FOR  THREE
   21  YEARS.
   22    3.  EACH  ANIMAL  SHELTER  SHALL MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE PRINTED COPY OF
   23  SUCH ANNUAL REPORT TO BE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC ONSITE UPON REQUEST.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided,  however  that
   25  animal  shelters  subject  to  this act shall have completed their first
   26  annual report no later than January 1, 2016.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10981-01-3