Bill Text: NY S06182 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6182 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the trapping, spaying or neutering, and releasing of feral cats.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S06182 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06182-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6182
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 11, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. KLEIN, MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  author-
          izing the trapping, neutering or spaying, and releasing of feral cats
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 350 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. "Feral cat" means a domesticated cat (Felis catus) that was former-
     4  ly  owned,  that has been abandoned and is no longer socialized, and any
     5  offspring of such cat.
     6    § 2. The opening paragraph of  section  355  of  the  agriculture  and
     7  markets law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2 is added
     8  to read as follows:
     9    2.  The  provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply
    10  to any person or entity who abandons a feral cat or  cats  after  having
    11  trapped and spayed or neutered such cat or cats.
    12    §  3.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 5 of section 374 of the
    13  agriculture and markets law is designated paragraph a and  a  new  para-
    14  graph b is added to read as follows:
    15    b.  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision,
    16  no provision of law shall prohibit any person from releasing  any  feral
    17  cat which has been trapped and spayed or neutered.
    18    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11196-01-7