Bill Text: NY A08058 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 8058 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires pet dealers to provide instructions on the care of small animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-18 - substituted by s5946 [A08058 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A08058-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8058--B
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee  on  Economic  Development  --  committee  discharged,  bill
         amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
         tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring pet
         dealers to provide instructions on the care of small animals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  391-t to read as follows:
    3    S  391-T.  SALE  OF SMALL ANIMALS; INSTRUCTIONS ON CARE. 1. AS USED IN
    4  THIS SECTION, A "SMALL ANIMAL" SHALL MEAN ANY  SMALL  MAMMAL,  EXCLUDING
    5  DOGS  OR  CATS,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, HAMSTERS, CHINCHILLAS,
    6  GUINEA PIGS, GERBILS, RABBITS, MICE, RATS, FERRETS AND ANY SMALL  AMPHI-
    7  BIANS  OR  REPTILES,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO FROGS, SNAKES AND
    8  LIZARDS.
    9    2. EVERY PET DEALER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED OF  THE  AGRI-
   10  CULTURE  AND  MARKETS  LAW,  AS  WELL  AS  ANY RETAILER THAT SELLS SMALL
   11  ANIMALS TO THE PUBLIC, SHALL DELIVER OR PROVIDE DIGITAL  ACCESS  TO  THE
   12  PURCHASER OF A SMALL ANIMAL, AT THE TIME OF SALE, GENERAL WRITTEN RECOM-
   13  MENDATIONS  FOR  THE  GENERALLY ACCEPTED CARE OF THE CLASS OF SUCH SMALL
   14  ANIMAL, OBTAINED FROM SOURCES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO  A  STATE  OR
   15  NATIONAL: PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED TO FURTHER THE VETERINARY
   16  PROFESSIONS;  ASSOCIATION  ESTABLISHED  FOR THE PRESERVATION AND CARE OF
   17  REPTILES; OR  PET  INDUSTRY  ORGANIZATION  REPRESENTING  PET  RETAILERS,
   18  INCLUDING  INFORMATION  ON  HOUSING, EQUIPMENT, SANITATION, ENVIRONMENT,
   19  FEEDING AND WATERING, HANDLING, AND VETERINARY CARE. THIS WRITTEN INFOR-
   20  MATION SHALL BE IN A FORM DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE  DEPART-
   21  MENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08958-09-5
       A. 8058--B                          2
    1    3.  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE SALE OF SMALL ANIMALS THAT ARE
    2  EXPRESSLY SOLD AS FEEDER ANIMALS.
    3    4.  THE  PET DEALER OR RETAILER THAT SELLS SMALL ANIMALS TO THE PUBLIC
    4  SHALL FILE A COPY OF THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ON CARE ANNUALLY WITH  THE
    5  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS.
    6    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    7  have become a law.