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Assembly Bill A2193

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates a financial incentive for owners transporting a diseased bovine animal for testing

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2009-A2193 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง78, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A5622

2009-A2193 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits owners of diseased bovine animals to recover actual costs incurred for engaging the services of a licensed veterinarian for an initial evaluation and examination of such animal and creates a financial incentive of one hundred and fifty percent of the actual value of such animal as determined by the commissioner for owners transporting a diseased bovine animal to Cornell University or the New York State Veterinary College at Cornell for testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

2009-A2193 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2193

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MARKEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. REILLY
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to creating
  financial incentive for owners transporting  diseased  bovine  animals
  for examinations and testing

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

  Section 1. Section 78 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
adding two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
  3. ANY OWNER OF A DISEASED BOVINE ANIMAL WHO VOLUNTARILY  ENGAGES  THE
SERVICES OF A LICENSED AND AUTHORIZED VETERINARIAN FOR AN INITIAL EVALU-
ATION AND EXAMINATION OF SUCH ANIMAL, PRIOR TO ANY ACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR THE ACTU-
AL COST INCURRED FOR SUCH VETERINARY EVALUATION AND EXAMINATION.
  4.  ANY  OWNER  OF A DISEASED BOVINE ANIMAL WHO VOLUNTARILY TRANSPORTS
SUCH ANIMAL TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY  OR  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  VETERINARY
COLLEGE AT CORNELL FOR SUBMISSION TO TESTING FOR BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCE-
PHALOPATHY  (BSE) SHALL BE GIVEN A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO BE EQUAL TO NO
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY PERCENT OF THE ACTUAL VALUE OF  SUCH  ANIMAL
AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03035-01-9

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