Senate Bill S9434

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Expands the Rockland County Solid Waste Authority's purposes, powers, and responsibilities to include providing animal management service

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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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2021-S9434 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10482
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2053-b, 2053-c, 2053-e & 2053-g, Pub Auth L; amd §§114, 400 & 408, Ag & Mkts L

2021-S9434 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the Rockland County Solid Waste Authority's purposes, powers, and responsibilities to include providing animal management services through a wholly-owned subsidiary; relates to public authorities providing shelter services for the care of unwanted animals or a subsidiary of such public authority that is wholly created for the sole purpose of providing such services.

2021-S9434 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9434 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9434
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 27, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
   Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to expanding the
   Rockland  County Solid Waste Authority's purposes, powers, and respon-
   sibilities to include providing animal management services  through  a
   wholly-owned subsidiary; and to amend the agriculture and markets law,
   in  relation to  public authorities providing shelter services for the
   care of unwanted animals
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 2053-b of the public authorities law, as added by
 chapter 434 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2053-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless  a
 different meaning clearly appears from the context:
   1.  "ANIMAL SHELTER" SHALL MEAN ANY FACILITY, BUILDING,  OR STRUCTURE,
 WHERE  TEMPORARY  OR PERMANENT HOUSING AND CARE IS  PROVIDED  TO  STRAY,
 ABANDONED,  ABUSED,  SEIZED,  IMPOUNDED,  OWNER-SURRENDERED OR OTHERWISE
 UNWANTED ANIMALS.
   2. "ANIMAL MANAGEMENT  SERVICES"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  AND  ALL  SERVICES
 PROVIDED TO PROMOTE ANIMAL CARE AND TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY,
 INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: PROVIDING HOUSING
 AND CARE FOR STRAY, ABANDONED, ABUSED, SEIZED, IMPOUNDED,  OWNER-SURREN-
 DERED OR OTHERWISE UNWANTED ANIMALS IN AN ANIMAL SHELTER; THE PROCESSING
 AND DISPOSAL OF ANIMAL WASTE; THE DISPOSAL OF DEAD WILDLIFE REMOVED FROM
 ROADWAYS   FOLLOWING   WILDLIFE-VEHICLE   COLLISIONS;  PROVIDING  ANIMAL
 CONTROL; AND ANY OTHER SIMILAR SERVICE RELATED THERETO.
   3. "Authority" shall mean the public benefit  corporation  created  by
 section  two thousand fifty-three-c of this title, known as the Rockland
 county solid waste management authority AND SHALL ALSO HEREBY  BE  KNOWN
 AS ROCKLAND GREEN.
   [2.]  4.  "Bonds"  shall  mean  the bonds, notes or other evidences of
 indebtedness issued by the authority pursuant  to  this  title  and  the
 provisions  of  this  title  relating to bonds and bondholders and shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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