Assembly Bill A7958

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Defines a "three-unit service dog team" and grants rights and privileges to such teams

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2013-A7958 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3866
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §47-b, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S7762

2013-A7958 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines a "three-unit service dog team" and grants rights and privileges to such teams.

2013-A7958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7958

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to defining a "three-
  unit service dog team" and granting  rights  and  privileges  to  such
  teams

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 47-b of the civil rights law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A. PERSONS WHO ARE PART OF A  THREE-UNIT  SERVICE  DOG  TEAM,  WHILE
ENGAGED  IN  CONTINUING  TRAINING  OF A SERVICE DOG, SHALL HAVE THE SAME
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES SET FORTH FOR PERSONS WITH A  DISABILITY  IN  THIS
ARTICLE.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS ARTICLE, "THREE-UNIT SERVICE DOG TEAM"
SHALL MEAN A TEAM CONSISTING OF A PERSON WITH A  DISABILITY,  A  TRAINED
SERVICE  DOG, AND A PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED
TO HANDLE A SERVICE DOG.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05343-01-3


              

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