Bill Text: NY A04562 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Institutes a moratorium on issuance of licenses for establishments where fowls are slaughtered in cities of one million or more.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-03 - enacting clause stricken [A04562 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04562-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4562
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, BRENNAN, TITUS, SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-Spon-
         sored  by -- M. of A.  COOK, GOTTFRIED, HIKIND, LENTOL, MARKEY, ROBIN-
         SON, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  licens-
         ing  of  establishments where fowls are slaughtered; and providing for
         the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Article 5-A of the agriculture and markets law is amended
    2  by adding a new section 96-aa to read as follows:
    3    S 96-AA. MORATORIUM ON LICENSES. THE LEGISLATURE HAS FOUND THAT  THERE
    4  ARE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS SUCH AS AVIAN INFLUENZA ASSOCIATED
    5  WITH  ESTABLISHMENTS  THAT  SLAUGHTER  AND  PROCESS  FOWLS  ON-SITE  AND
    6  FURTHERMORE THAT AREAS HEAVILY POPULATED WITH RESIDENCES ARE  NOT  SUIT-
    7  ABLE  LOCATIONS  FOR  SITING SUCH BUSINESSES. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY
    8  DIRECTED TO INSTITUTE A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES  TO  LIVE
    9  POULTRY  MARKETS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  NINETY-SIX-B OF THIS ARTICLE IN
   10  CITIES OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.  DURING SUCH MORATORIUM THE  COMMISSIONER
   11  SHALL  DIRECT A STUDY TO BE MADE REGARDING THE AFORESAID ISSUES IN ORDER
   12  TO PREPARE NEW OR REVISE THE OLD REGULATIONS REGARDING THE LICENSING AND
   13  OPERATION OF SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS. ANY PARTY OR PERSON AGGRIEVED  BY  THE
   14  MORATORIUM MAY APPEAL TO THE COMMISSIONER WHO MAY GRANT ANY RELIEF HE OR
   15  SHE FEELS JUSTIFIED.
   16    S  2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2015 and shall expire and be
   17  deemed repealed July 1, 2016.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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