Bill Text: NY S09657 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 9657

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the transportation of dogs in the back of a motor vehicle intended for any load unless such space is enclosed or has side and tail racks to a height of not less than forty-six inches extending vertically from the floor; the motor vehicle has installed means of preventing the dog from being ejected; or the dog is cross-tethered to the vehicle or is protected by a secured container or cage, in a manner which will prevent the dog from being ejected from the motor vehicle; imposes fines for violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S09657 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09657-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9657

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  trans-
          portation of dogs

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 1222-a to read as follows:
     3    § 1222-a. Transportation of dogs; enclosure or restraint requirements.
     4  1.  No  person  shall  operate a motor vehicle as defined in section one
     5  hundred twenty-five of this chapter while transporting a dog in the back
     6  of such motor vehicle in a space intended for any load, unless:
     7    (a) such space is enclosed or has side and tail racks to a  height  of
     8  not less than forty-six inches extending vertically from the floor;
     9    (b)  the  motor vehicle has installed means of preventing the dog from
    10  being ejected; or
    11    (c) the dog is cross-tethered to the vehicle  or  is  protected  by  a
    12  secured  container  or cage, in a manner which will prevent the dog from
    13  being ejected from the motor vehicle.
    14    2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
    15    (a) the transportation of a dog by its owner, who either  owns  or  is
    16  employed  by  a ranching or farming operation and is traveling on a road
    17  in a rural area or is traveling to or from a livestock auction;
    18    (b) the transportation of a dog for purposes associated with  ranching
    19  or farming; or
    20    (c)  the  transportation of a dog on roadways with a speed limit under
    21  fifty-five miles per hour.
    22    3. (a) The first conviction of a violation of the provisions  of  this
    23  section  shall  result in a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more
    24  than one hundred dollars.
    25    (b) The second  conviction  within  a  year  of  a  violation  of  the
    26  provisions  of  this  section  shall  result  in a fine of not less than
    27  seventy-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15694-01-4

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     1    (c) The  third  and  subsequent  convictions  within  a  year  of  the
     2  provisions  of  this section shall result in a fine of not less than one
     3  hundred dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars  for  each  such
     4  conviction.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.