Bill Text: NY A07533 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include purpose-bred animals raised for research, service animals, working dogs or any working animals in service on a farm.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to agriculture [A07533 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07533-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7533--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 13, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Agriculture  --  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 expand-
          ing the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets
     2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph m to read as follows:
     3    m.  Purpose-bred  animals, including but not limited to: (i) all types
     4  of working dogs as defined in section ninety of the state law, including
     5  but not limited to: (A) law enforcement dogs, including but not  limited
     6  to  detention dogs, police work dogs, dogs used by the military, protec-
     7  tive security and working search dogs, as  such  terms  are  defined  in
     8  section  one  hundred  eight of this chapter; (B) personal service dogs,
     9  including but not limited to service dogs, therapy dogs, guide dogs  and
    10  hearing  dogs as those terms are defined in section one hundred eight of
    11  this chapter; and (C) livestock and wildlife  control  dogs,  which  for
    12  purposes  of  this article shall include any dog that is trained to herd
    13  and/or protect livestock or control bird and/or wildlife populations and
    14  is actually or has been used  for  such  purposes;  (ii)  other  service
    15  animals  as  defined in section one hundred twenty-three-b of this chap-
    16  ter; and (iii) any research animal, which for purposes of  this  article
    17  shall  include  any animal that is raised or maintained specifically for
    18  the purpose of regulated biomedical research to promote the  health  and
    19  wellness of humans or animals.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10444-02-1