Bill Text: NY A10366 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10366 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to microchips implanted in companion animals.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-24 - referred to agriculture [A10366 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10366-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10366
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 24, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Agriculture
        AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
          lishing microchipping standards
          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 111-a to read as follows:
     3    § 111-a. Microchipping standards. 1.  Any  microchip  implanted  in  a
     4  companion  animal  after  the  effective  date  of  this section must be
     5  compatible with the universal frequency standards, ISO 11784 and  11785,
     6  of  the International Organization for Standardization, and must respond
     7  to a transponder which operates at 134.2 kilohertz.
     8    2. Microchip readers used by veterinarians and animal shelters must be
     9  capable of reading the standardized frequency described  in  subdivision
    10  one of this section.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15534-01-6