Bill Text: NY S09719 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires state or municipal officials to attempt to identify and notify the owners of a deceased dog or cat recovered on public roads.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-22 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S09719 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09719-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9719

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 22, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- 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  the
          recovery of a deceased dog or cat on public roads

          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 377-b to read as follows:
     3    §  377-b. Recovery of a deceased dog or cat on public roads. Any state
     4  or municipal official that recovers the body of a dog or cat killed on a
     5  public road shall make a reasonable effort to detect indicia  of  owner-
     6  ship,  such  as  tags,  license numbers, or other such identifiers on or
     7  about the animal and shall make a reasonable effort to notify the  owner
     8  or an animal management service concerning the animal's death.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    10  it shall have become a law.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09575-03-4