Bill Text: NY S01632 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-13 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S01632 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S01632-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1632

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 13, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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  exempt-
          ing livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees

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

     1    Section 1. Section 108 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
     2  by adding two new subdivisions 30 and 31 to read as follows:
     3    30. "Livestock guardian dog" means any dog utilized for the purpose of
     4  protecting livestock from predators.
     5    31.  "Herding  dog" means any dog that has been trained in herding and
     6  is utilized for the purpose of herding cattle,  sheep,  or  other  live-
     7  stock.
     8    §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 110 of the agriculture and markets law,
     9  as added by section 5 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2010,  is
    10  amended to read as follows:
    11    2.  Municipalities  [may]  shall  exempt from their licensing fees any
    12  guide dog, hearing dog,  service  dog,  war  dog,  working  search  dog,
    13  detection dog, police work dog [or], therapy dog, livestock guardian dog
    14  or herding dog. Each copy of any license for such dogs shall be conspic-
    15  uously marked "Guide Dog", "Hearing Dog", "Service Dog", "Working Search
    16  Dog", "War Dog", "Detection Dog", "Police Work Dog", [or] "Therapy Dog",
    17  "Livestock Guardian Dog" or "Herding Dog", as may be appropriate, by the
    18  clerk or authorized dog control officer.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04897-01-5