Bill Text: NY A08988 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires owners and trainers to complete an online training course detailing their responsibilities as a condition of their licensure; requires educational material established by the department of agriculture and markets regarding the responsible and humane retirement of horses to be distributed by equine veterinarians in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-06 - referred to racing and wagering [A08988 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08988-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8988
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2014
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Racing and Wagering
       AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law  and
         the  agriculture  and  markets law, in relation to the notification of
         responsible and humane retirement of horses to trainers and owners
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding law is
    2  amended by adding a new section 130 to read as follows:
    3    S 130. COMPLETION OF ONLINE TRAINING COURSE. ANY OWNER OR TRAINER THAT
    4  IS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, SHALL  COMPLETE  AN
    5  ONLINE  TRAINING COURSE, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FORTY-SEVEN
    6  OF SECTION SIXTEEN OF THE AGRICULTURE AND  MARKETS  LAW,  DETAILING  THE
    7  RESPONSIBILITIES  OF  THE  OWNER  AND  TRAINER  AS  A  CONDITION OF SUCH
    8  LICENSE.
    9    S 2. Section 16 of the agriculture  and  markets  law  is  amended  by
   10  adding two new subdivisions 45 and 47 to read as follows:
   11    45.  ESTABLISH  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIAL  REGARDING  THE  RESPONSIBLE AND
   12  HUMANE RETIREMENT OF HORSES WHICH SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY EQUINE VETERI-
   13  NARIANS IN THE STATE.
   14    47. ESTABLISH AN ONLINE TRAINING COURSE TO BE ADMINISTERED  TO  OWNERS
   15  AND TRAINERS DETAILING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUCH OWNERS AND TRAINERS,
   16  INCLUDING THE RESPONSIBLE AND HUMANE RETIREMENT OF RACE HORSES.
   17    S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   18  section two of this act shall take effect on the one  hundred  eightieth
   19  day  after  it  shall  have become a law; the addition, amendment and/or
   20  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
   21  this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and completed on
   22  or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13211-02-4