Bill Text: NY A10531 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for agreements between the commissioner of agriculture and markets and animal welfare organizations for assistance in emergencies and disasters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-28 - referred to agriculture [A10531 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10531-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10531

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 28, 2020
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        Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lupardo) --
          (at request of the Department of Agriculture and Markets) -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Agriculture

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  animal
          response teams

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

     1    Section 1. The article heading of article 26-B of the agriculture  and
     2  markets  law, as added by chapter 182 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4              [ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAMS] EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
     5                                 FOR ANIMALS
     6    § 2. The agriculture and markets  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     7  section 411 to read as follows.
     8    §  411. Agreements with animal welfare organizations for assistance in
     9  emergencies and disasters. The  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to
    10  enter  into  agreements with animal welfare organizations to support the
    11  prevention of, preparedness for, response to, and recovery from emergen-
    12  cies and disasters affecting animals in New York state.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15560-01-0