Bill Text: NY A08951 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to establishing microchipping standards, registration of microchips and the examination of seized animals; provides for the expiration of an advisory committee on microchipping.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-12 - substituted by s7317 [A08951 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08951-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8951 IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab- lishing microchipping standards, registration of microchips and the examination of seized animals; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the agriculture and markets law relating to establish- ing microchipping standards; relating to the registration of micro- chips; and relating to the examination of seized animals and animals taken possession of, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4570-A and A. 1839-B, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to repeal certain provisions of the agriculture and markets law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 111-a of the agriculture and markets law, as added 2 by a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the agriculture and markets 3 law relating to establishing microchipping standards; relating to the 4 registration of microchips; and relating to the examination of seized 5 animals and animals taken possession of, as proposed in legislative 6 bills numbers S. 4570-A and A. 1839-B, is amended to read as follows: 7 § 111-a. Microchipping standards. 1. The commissioner [shall] may 8 adopt and promulgate rules and regulations that may provide for: stand- 9 ardization of technology used in microchips implanted in companion 10 animals that are dogs or cats; and/or microchip readers so that such 11 readers used by veterinarians, animal shelters, dog control officers, 12 and animal control officers are capable of reading any chip to identify 13 the animals and/or the owner of record; and/or the need for such veteri- 14 narians, animal shelters, dog control officers, and animal control offi- 15 cers to possess or have access to a microchip reader capable of reading 16 any commercially available microchip implanted in a cat or dog. Such 17 rules and regulations [shall] may also provide for the collection, shar- 18 ing, and dissemination of chip identification information by entities 19 that possess and manage such information solely to promote timely 20 notification of owners when pets are lost[,] while maintaining privacy EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06539-12-8A. 8951 2 1 protection of personal information and providing for disclosure to such 2 owners of the sharing of such information. 3 2. The [rules and regulations required by this section may provide4for] commissioner shall appoint an advisory committee which shall 5 include, but shall not be limited to, representatives of the animal 6 microchip [community] industry and animal shelters who shall examine the 7 issues described in subdivision one of this section and advise the 8 commissioner on the [technical requirements necessary in creating9universal standards and access to identifying information. The members10of any such advisory committee shall serve without compensation] need 11 for such rules and regulations. 12 § 2. Section 111-b of the agriculture and markets law, as added by a 13 chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the agriculture and markets law 14 relating to establishing microchipping standards; relating to the regis- 15 tration of microchips; and relating to the examination of seized animals 16 and animals taken possession of, as proposed in legislative bills 17 numbers S. 4570-A and A. 1839-B, is REPEALED. 18 § 3. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the agricul- 19 ture and markets law relating to establishing microchipping standards; 20 relating to the registration of microchips; and relating to the examina- 21 tion of seized animals and animals taken possession of, as proposed in 22 legislative bills numbers S. 4570-A and A. 1839-B, is amended to read as 23 follows: 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that 25 subdivision 2 of section 111-a of the agriculture and markets law, as 26 added by section one of this act, shall expire two years after this act 27 shall have become a law when upon such date the provisions of such 28 subdivision shall be deemed repealed; and provided, further, that 29 section two of this act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth 30 day after it shall have become a law[; provided however section two of31this act shall take effect upon the adoption of regulations by the32commissioner of agriculture pursuant to section one of this act;33provided, further, that the commissioner of agriculture shall notify the34legislative bill drafting commission upon the adoption of regulations35pursuant to section one of this act in order that the commission may36maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text37of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the38provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the39public officers law]. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 40 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 41 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before 42 such date. 43 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however that 44 sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and 45 in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the agri- 46 culture and markets law relating to establishing microchipping stand- 47 ards; relating to the registration of microchips; and relating to the 48 examination of seized animals and animals taken possession of, as 49 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4570-A and A. 1839-B, takes 50 effect.
