Senate Bill S4533B

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires pet dealers to provide recommendations on the care of small animals

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4533 - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-t, Gen Bus L

2015-S4533 - Summary

Requires pet dealers to provide recommendations on the care of small animals.

2015-S4533 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4533 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4533

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

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:

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
391-t to read as follows:
  S 391-T. SALE OF SMALL ANIMALS; INSTRUCTIONS ON CARE. 1.  AS  USED  IN
THIS SECTION:
  (A)  A  "PET DEALER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO, IN THE ORDINARY COURSE
OF BUSINESS, ENGAGES IN THE SALE OR OFFERING FOR SALE OF MORE THAN  NINE
ANIMALS  PER  YEAR  FOR  PROFIT  TO  THE  PUBLIC.  SUCH DEFINITION SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, BREEDERS OF ANIMALS WHO  SELL  OR  OFFER
FOR  SALE  ANIMALS  DIRECTLY TO A CONSUMER BUT IT SHALL NOT INCLUDE DULY
INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETIES DEDICATED TO THE CARE OF UNWANTED  ANIMALS
WHICH  MAKE SUCH ANIMALS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION WHETHER OR NOT A FEE FOR
SUCH ADOPTION IS CHARGED.
  (B) A "SMALL ANIMAL" SHALL MEAN ANY SMALL MAMMAL,  EXCLUDING  DOGS  OR
CATS,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HAMSTERS, CHINCHILLAS, GUINEA PIGS,
GERBILS, RABBITS, MICE, RATS AND FERRETS.
  2. EVERY PET DEALER SHALL DELIVER TO THE PURCHASER OF A SMALL  ANIMAL,
AT  THE  TIME  OF  SALE,  WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ON THE CARE OF SUCH SMALL
ANIMAL, OBTAINED FROM A LICENSED VETERINARIAN OR  A  STATE  OR  NATIONAL
VETERINARIAN  MEDICAL SOCIETY OR THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCI-
ATION, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON HOUSING, SANITATION, FEEDING AND  WATER-
ING, HANDLING, AND VETERINARY CARE.
  3.  THE  WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ON CARE SHALL BE SIGNED AND DATED BY THE
PURCHASER OF THE SMALL ANIMAL, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A  COPY  OF  THE
INSTRUCTIONS.  THE  PET  DEALER  SHALL  RETAIN  A  COPY  OF  THE  SIGNED
INSTRUCTIONS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

2015-S4533A - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-t, Gen Bus L

2015-S4533A - Summary

Requires pet dealers to provide recommendations on the care of small animals.

2015-S4533A - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4533A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4533--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

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:

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
391-t to read as follows:
  S 391-T. SALE OF SMALL ANIMALS; INSTRUCTIONS ON CARE. 1.  AS  USED  IN
THIS SECTION:
  (A)  A  "PET DEALER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO, IN THE ORDINARY COURSE
OF BUSINESS, ENGAGES IN THE SALE OR OFFERING FOR SALE OF MORE THAN  NINE
ANIMALS  PER  YEAR  FOR  PROFIT  TO  THE  PUBLIC.  SUCH DEFINITION SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, BREEDERS OF ANIMALS WHO  SELL  OR  OFFER
FOR  SALE  ANIMALS  DIRECTLY TO A CONSUMER BUT IT SHALL NOT INCLUDE DULY
INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETIES DEDICATED TO THE CARE OF UNWANTED  ANIMALS
WHICH  MAKE SUCH ANIMALS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION WHETHER OR NOT A FEE FOR
SUCH ADOPTION IS CHARGED.
  (B) A "SMALL ANIMAL" SHALL MEAN ANY SMALL MAMMAL,  EXCLUDING  DOGS  OR
CATS,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HAMSTERS, CHINCHILLAS, GUINEA PIGS,
GERBILS, RABBITS, MICE,  RATS,  FERRETS  AND  ANY  SMALL  AMPHIBIANS  OR
REPTILES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FROGS, SNAKES AND LIZARDS.
  2.  EVERY PET DEALER SHALL DELIVER TO THE PURCHASER OF A SMALL ANIMAL,
AT THE TIME OF SALE, WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ON  THE  CARE  OF  SUCH  SMALL
ANIMAL,  OBTAINED  FROM  A  LICENSED VETERINARIAN OR A STATE OR NATIONAL
VETERINARIAN MEDICAL SOCIETY OR THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL  ASSOCI-
ATION,  INCLUDING INFORMATION ON HOUSING, SANITATION, FEEDING AND WATER-
ING, HANDLING, AND VETERINARY CARE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08958-03-5

              

2015-S4533B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-t, Gen Bus L

2015-S4533B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires pet dealers to provide recommendations on the care of small animals.

2015-S4533B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4533B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4533--B
    Cal. No. 1034

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said  commit-
  tee,  ordered  to first and second report, ordered to a 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:

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
391-t to read as follows:
  S  391-T.  SALE  OF SMALL ANIMALS; INSTRUCTIONS ON CARE. 1. AS USED IN
THIS SECTION, A "SMALL ANIMAL" SHALL MEAN ANY  SMALL  MAMMAL,  EXCLUDING
DOGS  OR  CATS,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, HAMSTERS, CHINCHILLAS,
GUINEA PIGS, GERBILS, RABBITS, MICE, RATS, FERRETS AND ANY SMALL  AMPHI-
BIANS  OR  REPTILES,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO FROGS, SNAKES AND
LIZARDS.
  2. EVERY PET DEALER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED OF  THE  AGRI-
CULTURE  AND  MARKETS  LAW,  AS  WELL  AS  ANY RETAILER THAT SELLS SMALL
ANIMALS TO THE PUBLIC, SHALL DELIVER OR PROVIDE DIGITAL  ACCESS  TO  THE
PURCHASER OF A SMALL ANIMAL, AT THE TIME OF SALE, GENERAL WRITTEN RECOM-
MENDATIONS  FOR  THE  GENERALLY ACCEPTED CARE OF THE CLASS OF SUCH SMALL
ANIMAL, OBTAINED FROM SOURCES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO  A  STATE  OR
NATIONAL  VETERINARIAN  MEDICAL SOCIETY, THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, THE UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION OF REPTILE  KEEPERS,  OR  THE
PET  INDUSTRY  JOINT ADVISORY COUNCIL, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON HOUSING,
EQUIPMENT, SANITATION, ENVIRONMENT, FEEDING AND WATERING, HANDLING,  AND
VETERINARY  CARE. THIS WRITTEN INFORMATION SHALL BE IN A FORM DETERMINED
BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS.

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

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