Bill Text: NY S06634 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for more frequent inspections of pet dealers which have been charged with or convicted of violations relating to cats and dogs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-15 - referred to agriculture [S06634 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06634-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6634--C
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 2, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Agriculture  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee  and  committed  to  the Committee on
          Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended  and  recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to  amend  the  agriculture  and  markets  law,  in  relation  to
          inspection of pet dealers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 405 of the agriculture and markets
     2  law, as added by chapter 259 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  (a)  The  commissioner or his or her authorized agents shall, at a
     5  minimum, make yearly inspections of pet dealers'  facilities  to  ensure
     6  compliance  with  the provisions of this article and with the provisions
     7  of article thirty-five-D of the general business law, except  for  those
     8  pet dealers who engage in the sale of less than twenty-five animals in a
     9  year, in which case inspections shall be made whenever in the discretion
    10  of  the  commissioner  or  his  or  her  authorized  agents, a complaint
    11  warrants such investigation.
    12    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of  this  subdivi-
    13  sion, the commissioner shall immediately or as soon as practicable, upon
    14  the filing, which shall include an affidavit from the department attest-
    15  ing  to  the  belief  that  violations  have been made, of any charge of
    16  violating any provision of article twenty-six of this chapter or section
    17  four hundred one  of  this  article  against  a  pet  dealer,  cause  an
    18  inspection  to  be  made  of such pet dealer's facilities, including any
    19  facilities for the retail sale of  animals.  Thereafter,  an  inspection
    20  thereof shall be conducted at the pet dealer's facilities once every two
    21  months  until  there  is  a  final disposition on such charges.  After a
    22  final disposition in which the pet dealer is found guilty of any charge,
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13808-06-6
        S. 6634--C                          2
     1  such pet dealer's facilities shall be inspected on a quarterly basis for
     2  a period of one year; provided, however, if,  after  final  disposition,
     3  the  pet  dealer  is  not  found guilty of any charge, such pet dealer's
     4  facilities  shall  be inspected in accordance with paragraph (a) of this
     5  subdivision.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
     7  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.