Assembly Bill A2165

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows livestock owners to directly purchase killed rabies vaccine for the purpose of vaccinating livestock owned by such livestock owner

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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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2009-A2165 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2433
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §89-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1383, S782
2013-2014: A6796
2015-2016: A2524
2017-2018: A183
2019-2020: A1696
2021-2022: A1604
2023-2024: A173

2009-A2165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows livestock owners to purchase and possess rabies vaccine and to vaccinate their livestock against rabies during emergency rabies outbreak situations as determined by the commissioner of health; provides for the expiration and repeal of such provisions after two years; defines livestock for the purpose of this section.

2009-A2165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2165

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. McENENY, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  CANESTRARI, COOK, DelMONTE, ENGLEBRIGHT, GREENE, TOWNS, WEISENBERG  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
  administration of rabies vaccine to livestock and  providing  for  the
  repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

  Section 1.  The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
section 89-a to read as follows:
  S 89-A. ADMINISTRATION OF  RABIES  VACCINE.  (1)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
OTHER  SECTION  OF LAW, ANY LIVESTOCK OWNER MAY DIRECTLY PURCHASE KILLED
RABIES VACCINE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF VACCINATING  LIVESTOCK  OWNED  BY
SUCH  LIVESTOCK OWNER. LIVESTOCK VACCINATED IN SUCH A MANNER WITHOUT THE
DIRECT OR SUPERVISORY  PARTICIPATION  OF  A  VETERINARIAN  WILL  NOT  BE
CONSIDERED  AS VACCINATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT, AGENCY,  OR  AGENT  OF
THE  STATE  FOR THE PURPOSES OF MATTERS INVOLVING STATE ACTION OR POLICY
TOWARDS LIVESTOCK, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, QUARANTINE IN THE CASE
OF A RABIES OUTBREAK OR LOCAL  RABIES  EMERGENCY,  AND  ELIGIBILITY  FOR
PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR OR ANY COUNTY OR LOCAL FAIR RUN
BY ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  LIVESTOCK VACCI-
NATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR INDEMNIFICATION
FOR  RABIES  AS  PROVIDED  FOR IN ARTICLE SIX-A OF THIS CHAPTER IF IT IS
DETERMINED THAT SUCH  VACCINATIONS,  CONDUCTED  WITHOUT  THE  DIRECT  OR
SUPERVISORY  PARTICIPATION OF A VETERINARIAN, CONTRIBUTED TO THE DAMAGES
TO THE ANIMAL.
  (2) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  TERM  "LIVESTOCK"  SHALL  MEAN
CATTLE AND HORSES AND ANY SPECIES OF LIVESTOCK THAT ARE INDICATED ON THE
VACCINE  LABEL  OR  PACKAGE  INSERT. THE TERM "LIVESTOCK" SHALL NOT MEAN
DOGS AND CATS. ALL  KILLED  RABIES  VACCINES  MUST  BE  ADMINISTERED  IN

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00491-01-9

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