Bill Text: NY A08058 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires pet dealers to provide instructions on the care of small animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-18 - substituted by s5946 [A08058 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8058
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  pet
         dealers to provide instructions on the care of small animals
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  391-t to read as follows:
    3    S 391-T. SALE OF SMALL ANIMALS; INSTRUCTIONS ON CARE. 1.  AS  USED  IN
    4  THIS SECTION:
    5    (A)  A  "PET DEALER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO, IN THE ORDINARY COURSE
    6  OF BUSINESS, ENGAGES IN THE SALE OR OFFERING FOR SALE OF MORE THAN  NINE
    7  ANIMALS  PER  YEAR  FOR  PROFIT  TO  THE  PUBLIC.  SUCH DEFINITION SHALL
    8  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, BREEDERS OF ANIMALS WHO  SELL  OR  OFFER
    9  FOR  SALE  ANIMALS  DIRECTLY TO A CONSUMER BUT IT SHALL NOT INCLUDE DULY
   10  INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETIES DEDICATED TO THE CARE OF UNWANTED  ANIMALS
   11  WHICH  MAKE SUCH ANIMALS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION WHETHER OR NOT A FEE FOR
   12  SUCH ADOPTION IS CHARGED.
   13    (B) A "SMALL ANIMAL" SHALL MEAN ANY SMALL MAMMAL,  EXCLUDING  DOGS  OR
   14  CATS,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HAMSTERS, CHINCHILLAS, GUINEA PIGS,
   15  GERBILS, RABBITS, MICE,  RATS,  FERRETS  AND  ANY  SMALL  AMPHIBIANS  OR
   16  REPTILES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FROGS, SNAKES AND LIZARDS.
   17    2.  EVERY PET DEALER SHALL DELIVER TO THE PURCHASER OF A SMALL ANIMAL,
   18  AT THE TIME OF SALE, WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ON  THE  CARE  OF  SUCH  SMALL
   19  ANIMAL,  OBTAINED  FROM  A  LICENSED VETERINARIAN OR A STATE OR NATIONAL
   20  VETERINARIAN MEDICAL SOCIETY OR THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL  ASSOCI-
   21  ATION,  INCLUDING INFORMATION ON HOUSING, SANITATION, FEEDING AND WATER-
   22  ING, HANDLING, AND VETERINARY CARE.
   23    3. THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ON CARE SHALL BE SIGNED AND DATED  BY  THE
   24  PURCHASER  OF  THE  SMALL ANIMAL, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A COPY OF THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08958-04-5
       A. 8058                             2
    1  INSTRUCTIONS.  THE  PET  DEALER  SHALL  RETAIN  A  COPY  OF  THE  SIGNED
    2  INSTRUCTIONS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
    3    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law.