Bill Text: NY A04054 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires owners and trainers to complete an online training course detailing their responsibilities as a condition of their licensure; requires educational material established by the department of agriculture and markets regarding the responsible and humane retirement of horses to be distributed by equine veterinarians in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to racing and wagering [A04054 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04054-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4054
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 29, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Racing and Wagering
       AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law and
         the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  the  notification  of
         responsible and humane retirement of horses to trainers and owners
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  is
    2  amended by adding a new section 130 to read as follows:
    3    S 130. COMPLETION OF ONLINE TRAINING COURSE. ANY OWNER OR TRAINER THAT
    4  IS  REQUIRED  TO BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, SHALL COMPLETE AN
    5  ONLINE TRAINING COURSE, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  FORTY-EIGHT
    6  OF  SECTION  SIXTEEN  OF  THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, DETAILING THE
    7  RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE  OWNER  AND  TRAINER  AS  A  CONDITION  OF  SUCH
    8  LICENSE.
    9    S  2.  Section  16  of  the  agriculture and markets law is amended by
   10  adding two new subdivisions 45 and 48 to read as follows:
   11    45. ESTABLISH  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIAL  REGARDING  THE  RESPONSIBLE  AND
   12  HUMANE RETIREMENT OF HORSES WHICH SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY EQUINE VETERI-
   13  NARIANS IN THE STATE.
   14    48.  ESTABLISH  AN ONLINE TRAINING COURSE TO BE ADMINISTERED TO OWNERS
   15  AND TRAINERS DETAILING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUCH OWNERS AND TRAINERS,
   16  INCLUDING THE RESPONSIBLE AND HUMANE RETIREMENT OF RACE HORSES.
   17    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
   18  section  two  of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
   19  day after it shall have become a law;  the  addition,  amendment  and/or
   20  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
   21  this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and completed on
   22  or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03916-02-5