Bill Text: NY S06428 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring pet dealers to provide instructions pertaining to the care of small animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-11 - SIGNED CHAP.10 [S06428 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06428-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6428--A
            Cal. No. 39
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 8, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported  favora-
          bly  from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate
          and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored
          to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
          in the order of third reading
        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. Section 391-t of the general business law, as  added  by  a
     2  chapter of the laws of 2015, amending the general business law, relating
     3  to  requiring  pet  dealers to provide instructions on the care of small
     4  animals, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5946 and A. 8058-B,
     5  is amended to read as follows:
     6    § 391-t. Sale of small animals; instructions on care. 1.  As  used  in
     7  this  section,  a  "small animal" shall mean any small mammal, excluding
     8  dogs or cats, including  but  not  limited  to,  hamsters,  chinchillas,
     9  guinea  pigs, gerbils, rabbits, mice, rats, ferrets and any small amphi-
    10  bians or reptiles, including  but  not  limited  to  frogs,  snakes  and
    11  lizards, but shall not include any small animals that are expressly sold
    12  for the purpose of feeding other animals.
    13    2.  As  used  in  this section, a "retailer" shall mean any person who
    14  conducts a business of selling or offering for  sale  small  animals  at
    15  retail for profit to the public.
    16    3.  Every [pet dealer, as defined in section four hundred of the agri-
    17  culture and markets law, as well  as  any]  retailer  that  sells  small
    18  animals  to  the  public, shall, at the time of sale, deliver or provide
    19  digital access to the purchaser of a small animal, [at the time of sale,
    20  general] written care recommendations for [the generally  accepted  care
    21  of]  the  class  of  [such]  small animal[, obtained from sources] being
    22  purchased, which recommendations shall: (a) include  generally  accepted
    23  information  intended  for an inexperienced pet owner on housing, equip-
    24  ment, sanitation,  environment,  feeding  and  watering,  handling,  and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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