Bill Text: NY S04619 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4619 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to the registration and regulation of animal breeders; requires each to be licensed; creates a breeder licensing fund; exempts not-for-profit organizations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-19 - PRINT NUMBER 4619A [S04619 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04619-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4619--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 1, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- recommitted
          to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
          8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the agriculture and markets law and the state finance
          law, in relation to the registration and regulation of animal breeders
          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  article 26-C to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 26-C
     4                         CARE OF ANIMALS BY BREEDERS
     5  Section 420. Definitions.
     6          421. Preemption of local laws.
     7          422. Minimum standards of animal care.
     8          423. Records of purchase and sale.
     9          424. Licenses.
    10          425. License refusal, suspension or revocation.
    11          426. Inspection of breeders.
    12          427. Violations.
    13          428. Construction with other laws.
    14    § 420. Definitions. As used in this article:
    15    1. "Animal" means a dog or a cat.
    16    2.  "Consumer" means any individual purchasing an animal from a breed-
    17  er. A breeder shall not be considered a consumer.
    18    3. "Person" means any individual,  corporation,  partnership,  limited
    19  liability company, association, municipality or other legal entity.
    20    4.  "Breeder"  means  any  person who breeds three of more animals for
    21  sale per year for profit. Such term shall not include duly  incorporated
    22  humane  societies  dedicated  to the care of unwanted animals which make
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01199-02-6