Bill Text: NY A10713 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10713 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Exempts livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-09-09 - referred to agriculture [A10713 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A10713-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10713

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    September 9, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lemondes) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture

        AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to exempt-
          ing livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees

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

     1    Section  1.  Section 108 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding two new subdivisions 30 and 31 to read as follows:
     3    30. "Livestock guardian dog" means any dog utilized for the purpose of
     4  protecting livestock from predators.
     5    31. "Herding dog" means any dog that has been trained in  herding  and
     6  is  utilized  for  the  purpose of herding cattle, sheep, or other live-
     7  stock.
     8    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 110 of the agriculture and markets  law,
     9  as  added  by  section 5 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is
    10  amended to read as follows:
    11    2. Municipalities [may] shall exempt from  their  licensing  fees  any
    12  guide  dog,  hearing  dog,  service  dog,  war  dog, working search dog,
    13  detection dog, police work dog [or], therapy dog, livestock guardian dog
    14  or herding dog. Each copy of any license for such dogs shall be conspic-
    15  uously marked "Guide Dog", "Hearing Dog", "Service Dog", "Working Search
    16  Dog", "War Dog", "Detection Dog", "Police Work Dog", [or] "Therapy Dog",
    17  "Livestock Guardian Dog" or "Herding Dog", as may be appropriate, by the
    18  clerk or authorized dog control officer.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




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