Bill Text: NY S06218 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Limits the animal dealers that are exempt under the provisions of article 7 of the agriculture and markets law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs; applies provisions to dealers licensed as a class A dealer under the Federal Animal Welfare Act that sells dogs exclusively to USDA registered research facilities; requires a certificate of exemption.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-13 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S06218 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06218-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   January 13, 2012
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       Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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 limiting
         the animal dealers exempt under the provisions of article  7  of  such
         law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 107 of the agriculture and markets
    2  law, as amended by section 1 of part T of chapter  59  of  the  laws  of
    3  2010, is amended to read as follows:
    4    4. This article shall not apply to any dog confined to the premises of
    5  any  person,  firm or corporation engaged in the business of breeding or
    6  raising dogs for profit and licensed as  a  class  A  dealer  under  the
    7  Federal [Laboratory] Animal Welfare Act, PROVIDED SUCH DEALER SELLS DOGS
    8  EXCLUSIVELY  TO  USDA  REGISTERED RESEARCH FACILITIES AND HAS OBTAINED A
    9  CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION.  APPLICATION FOR A  CERTIFICATE  OF  EXEMPTION
   10  SHALL  BE  MADE  ANNUALLY  TO  THE MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH THE DEALER IS
   11  LOCATED AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ATTESTATION THAT ALL SALES ARE TO
   12  A USDA REGISTERED RESEARCH FACILITY.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   14  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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