Bill Text: NY A05867 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a shared animal ownership agreement; allows owner to receive a proportionate share of the animal's raw milk.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - held for consideration in agriculture [A05867 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05867-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5867
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 20, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. LALOR, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Agriculture
        AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to shared
          animal ownership agreements
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 46-b to read as follows:
     3    § 46-b. Shared animal ownership agreement. Shared animal ownership  is
     4  any contractual arrangement under which an individual:
     5    1. acquires an ownership interest in a milk-producing animal;
     6    2.  agrees  to  pay  another  for, reimburse another for, or otherwise
     7  accept financial responsibility for the care and boarding of  the  milk-
     8  producing animal at the dairy farm; and
     9    3.  is  entitled  to receive a proportionate share of the animal's raw
    10  milk production as a condition of the contractual arrangement.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    13  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    14  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  on  or  before
    15  such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00919-01-9