Bill Text: NY A06035 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6035 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to requiring a five day waiting period before a licensed veterinarian at a private veterinarian practice may humanely destroy an animal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - held for consideration in agriculture [A06035 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06035-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6035
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 26, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Agriculture
        AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
          ing a five day waiting period for veterinarians at a private veterina-
          rian practice before an animal may be humanely destroyed
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 374 of the agriculture and markets
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 421 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    2. In the absence of such findings or certification, a  duly  incorpo-
     5  rated  humane society, a duly incorporated society for the prevention of
     6  cruelty to animals, a private veterinarian practice consisting of one or
     7  more licensed veterinarians  as  defined  under  section  seven  hundred
     8  fifty-a of the general business law, or any pound maintained by or under
     9  contract  or  agreement with any county, city, town or village may after
    10  five days make available for adoption  or  have  humanely  destroyed  in
    11  accordance  with the provisions of this section [and subject to subdivi-
    12  sions six, eight and nine of section one hundred seventeen of this chap-
    13  ter,] any animal of which possession is taken as  provided  for  in  the
    14  preceding  section,  unless  the  same is earlier redeemed by its owner.
    15  Notwithstanding the redemption periods set forth above in this  subdivi-
    16  sion,  any  municipality  may  establish the duration of such periods by
    17  local law or ordinance for any cat whose owner cannot be identified by a
    18  collar, tag, microchip, tattoo or other identifying mark, provided  that
    19  no  such period shall be less than three days, and provided further that
    20  such cat be made available solely  for  the  purposes  of  adoption  and
    21  released  to  an  adoptive  owner following an examination by a duly-li-
    22  censed veterinarian, the details of which shall be provided to the adop-
    23  tive owner.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    25  manner as section 1 of chapter 421 of the laws of 2018, takes effect.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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