Bill Text: NY S06975 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the humane destruction or other disposition of certain animals by shelters; requires animals to be made available for adoption for 90 days unless a veterinarian certifies that such animal should be humanely destroyed for health reasons.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-11 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S06975 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06975-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6975
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 11, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sens. GOLDEN, HAMILTON -- 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
          humane  destruction  or other disposition of certain animals by a duly
          incorporated humane society or society for the prevention  of  cruelty
          to animals, dog control officer, or any police officer
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 6, 7, 7-a, 8, 9 and 11 of section 117  of  the
     2  agriculture and markets law, such section as renumbered by section 12 of
     3  part  T  of  chapter  59 of the laws of 2010, subdivision 6, 9 and 11 as
     4  added by chapter 220 of the laws of 1978, subdivision 7  as  amended  by
     5  section  13 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, subdivision 7-a
     6  as amended by chapter 83 of the  laws  of  2011  and  subdivision  8  as
     7  amended  by  chapter  221  of  the  laws of 1978, are amended to read as
     8  follows:
     9    6. Promptly upon seizure of any identified dog, the owner of record of
    10  such dog shall be notified  personally  or  by  certified  mail,  return
    11  receipt requested, of the facts of seizure and the procedure for redemp-
    12  tion.  If notification is personally given, such dog shall be held for a
    13  period of seven days after day of notice, during which  period  the  dog
    14  may be redeemed by the owner. If such notification is made by mail, such
    15  dog  shall  be  held for a period of nine days from the date of mailing,
    16  during which period the dog may be redeemed  by  the  owner.  In  either
    17  case, the owner may redeem such dog upon payment of the impoundment fees
    18  prescribed  by  subdivision  four of this section and by producing proof
    19  that the dog has been licensed, provided, however, that the notification
    20  requirements and redemption rights  provided  by  this  subdivision  are
    21  inapplicable if the owner relinquished possession and control of the dog
    22  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of section three hundred seventy-four of
    23  this chapter and such dog shall be made available for  adoption  subject
    24  to  subdivision  seven,  seven-a,  eight  and  nine  of this section and
    25  subject to the provisions of subdivisions two and three of section three
    26  hundred seventy-four of this chapter.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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