BILL NUMBER:A10964
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation
to requiring cats and dogs sold by pet dealers to be warranted for
fitness for 6 months
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to
require pet dealers warrant that the cats and dogs they breed for sale
be In for six months. an increase from the established warranty of 14
days.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends the
opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 753 of the general
business law to extend the warranty for fitness of cats and dogs sold
by pet dealers to 6 months, and repeals the 14 business day warranty
established by chapter 6X of the laws of 1993.
JUSTIFICATION: New York State must put an end to what has come to be
known as "Puppy & Kitten Mills" the barbaric practice of breeding dogs
and cats through inhumane conditions. Currently. some animal breeding
facilities are excessively breeding dogs and eats in an unhealthy,
unregulated and uncontrolled manner. These facilities are consistently
responsible for producing sick, menially anguished and distraught
animals.
A law requiring pet dealers to warrant cats nod does far six months
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10964
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 5, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. BALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring cats
and dogs sold by pet dealers to be warranted for fitness for 6 months
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 753 of
the general business law, as amended by chapter 68 of the laws of 1993,
is amended to read as follows:
If, within [fourteen business days] SIX MONTHS following THE DATE OF
the sale of an animal subject to this article or receipt of the written
notice required by section seven hundred fifty-four of this article,
whichever occurred last, a veterinarian of the consumer's choosing,
licensed by a state certifies such animal to be unfit for purchase due
to illness, a congenital malformation which adversely affects the health
of the animal, or the presence of symptoms of a contagious or infectious
disease, the pet dealer shall afford the consumer the right to choose
one of the following options:
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to animals
sold on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15314-01-0
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