Bill Text: NY S03955 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to administrative hearings and processes as they apply to pet dealers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-31 - SIGNED CHAP.256 [S03955 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3955
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 28, 2013
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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 adminis-
         trative hearings and processes for pet dealers
         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  404 of the agriculture and
    2  markets law, as added by chapter 259 of the laws of 2000, is amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    4.   Before any license shall be suspended or revoked, the commission-
    5  er, or any hearing officer he or she may designate, shall hold  a  hear-
    6  ing, upon due notice to the licensee, in accordance with any regulations
    7  promulgated  by the department and in accordance with articles three and
    8  four of the state administrative procedure act.   WHERE A  LICENSEE  HAS
    9  FAILED EITHER THREE CONSECUTIVE INSPECTIONS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, OR
   10  THREE  INSPECTIONS  IN  A  THREE YEAR PERIOD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, A
   11  HEARING SHALL BE HELD TO CONSIDER WHETHER SUSPENSION  OR  REVOCATION  OF
   12  THE  LICENSE  IS WARRANTED.   NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PROHIBIT THE
   13  COMMISSIONER FROM TAKING  ADDITIONAL  ACTIONS  REGARDING  SUCH  LICENSES
   14  PRIOR  TO  FAILURE BY A LICENSEE OF EITHER THREE CONSECUTIVE INSPECTIONS
   15  OR THREE INSPECTIONS IN A THREE YEAR PERIOD.
   16    S 2.  This act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred  twentieth  day
   17  after  it  shall  have  become  a law; provided, however, that effective
   18  immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
   19  lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
   20  date are authorized to be made on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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