STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6975 IN SENATE March 11, 2016 ___________ 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. LBD14256-03-6