Bill Text: NY S08219 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring the commissioner to establish licensing and educational standards for individuals providing canine training for non-service and non-police dogs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-12-16 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08219 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S08219-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8219 IN SENATE December 16, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir- ing the commissioner of agriculture and markets to establish licensing and educational standards for individuals providing canine training for non-service and non-police dogs 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 113-a to read as follows: 3 § 113-a. Obedience training. 1. The commissioner shall by rule or 4 regulation establish licensing and educational standards for individuals 5 providing basic obedience courses to non-service and non-police dogs and 6 their owners. 7 2. This section shall not apply to any dog that falls under subdivi- 8 sion nine, eighteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-five, twen- 9 ty-six or twenty-seven of section one hundred eight of this article. 10 3. No person who is convicted of a violation of section three hundred 11 fifty-one, three hundred fifty-three, three hundred fifty-three-a or 12 three hundred fifty-five of article twenty-six of this chapter may be 13 licensed to provide obedience training services under this section. 14 4. Licensees under this section are to maintain practices and facili- 15 ties in accordance with animal control provisions under articles seven, 16 twenty-five-b and twenty-six of this chapter and are subject to the 17 enforcement of such provisions, by any constable, police officer, peace 18 officer, dog control officer, animal control officer, or any officer or 19 agent of any duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to 20 animals as authorized under this chapter. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16266-03-6