Bill Text: NY S05084 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 5084 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to the prohibition of declawing of cats; makes such violation punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-03 - PRINT NUMBER 5084A [S05084 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05084-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         5084--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 30, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  GRIFFO,  AVELLA,  ADDABBO,  BOYLE, DILAN, O'MARA,
          SERRANO, STAVISKY -- 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, in relation to  prohib-
          iting the declawing of cats
          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 380 to read as follows:
     3    §  380.  Prohibition  of  the  declawing  of  cats. 1. No person shall
     4  perform an onychectomy (declawing), partial or complete phlangectomy  or
     5  tendonectomy  procedure  by  any  means on a cat within the state of New
     6  York, except when necessary for  a  therapeutic  purpose.    Therapeutic
     7  purpose means the necessity to address the physical medical condition of
     8  the  cat,  such as an existing or recurring illness, infection, disease,
     9  injury or abnormal condition in the  claw  that  compromises  the  cat's
    10  health.  Therapeutic  purpose  does  not  include  cosmetic or aesthetic
    11  reasons or reasons of convenience in keeping or handling the cat.
    12    2. Any person who performs an onychectomy, partial or complete  phlan-
    13  gectomy  or  tendonectomy  procedure  on any cat within the state of New
    14  York shall be guilty of a violation  of  this  section  which  shall  be
    15  punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.
    16    § 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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