Bill Text: NY S02998 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to exempting dog license fees for deployed active military member's dogs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE [S02998 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02998-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2998
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 31, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sens. FUNKE, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Domestic
          Animal Welfare
        AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to exempt-
          ing dog license fees for deployed active military member's dogs
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 108 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 30 to read as follows:
     3    30. "Deployed active military member's dog" means any dog whose  owner
     4  is  an  active  member  of  the military that has received and presented
     5  orders to report for military service which requires  temporary  housing
     6  while the owner is filling their service commitments.
     7    §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 110 of the agriculture and markets law,
     8  as added by section 5 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2010,  is
     9  amended to read as follows:
    10    2.  Municipalities may exempt from their licensing fees any guide dog,
    11  hearing dog, service dog, war dog, working search  dog,  detection  dog,
    12  police  work  dog, deployed active military member's dog or therapy dog.
    13  Each copy of any license for such dogs  shall  be  conspicuously  marked
    14  "Guide  Dog",  "Hearing  Dog", "Service Dog", "Working Search Dog", "War
    15  Dog", "Detection Dog", "Police  Work  Dog",  "Deployed  Active  Military
    16  Member's  Dog", or "Therapy Dog", as may be appropriate, by the clerk or
    17  authorized dog control officer.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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