Bill Text: NY S04990 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes paramedics to transport injured police work dogs to appropriate facilities in certain cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-12-11 - SIGNED CHAP.549 [S04990 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S04990-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4990--A
Cal. No. 838
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 28, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to
the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
third reading
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to transport of
police work dogs injured in the line of duty
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
2 section 122-c to read as follows:
3 S 122-C. TRANSPORT OF POLICE WORK DOGS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. AN
4 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PARAMEDIC OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TECHNI-
5 CIAN MAY TRANSPORT ANY POLICE WORK DOG, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 195.06-A
6 OF THE PENAL LAW, INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY TO A VETERINARY CLINIC OR
7 SIMILAR SUCH FACILITY PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THERE ARE NO PERSONS
8 REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION OR TRANSPORT AT SUCH TIME.
9 S 2. 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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