Assembly Bill A5507

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits sale of dogs and cats by animal facilities under inhumane conditions

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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-A5507 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §752, add §753-f, Gen Bus L; amd §§400, 405 & 406, add Art 26-C §§420 - 423, Ag & Mkts L

2009-A5507 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of dogs and cats by animal facilities under inhumane conditions; regulates the operation of commercial kennels used for breeding dogs.

2009-A5507 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5507

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BALL, SPANO, TOBACCO, TOWNSEND, BURLING, WALKER,
  RAIA, ERRIGO, CAMARA, GIGLIO,  MOLINARO,  ALFANO,  MAYERSOHN,  LAVINE,
  SALADINO,  FINCH  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. CALHOUN, CONTE,
  HAYES, KOLB, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, QUINN, J. RIVERA, SCOZZAFAVA, SEMIN-
  ERIO, THIELE, TOWNS, WEISENBERG --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the general business law and the agriculture and markets
  law,  in relation to the sale of dogs and cats; and to amend the agri-
  culture and markets law, in relation to commercial kennels

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
"Charlemagne's law".
  S 2. Section 752 of the general business law, as added by chapter  431
of the laws of 1988, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 687 of the laws
of  2006, subdivisions 5, 6 and 7 as added by chapter 259 of the laws of
2000 and such section as renumbered by chapter 68 of the laws  of  1993,
is amended to read as follows:
  S 752. Definitions. As used in this article:
  1. "Animal" means a dog or a cat.
  2. "Consumer" means any individual purchasing an animal from AN ANIMAL
FACILITY INCLUDING a pet dealer. [A pet dealer shall not be considered a
consumer.]
  3.  For purposes of [section] THIS SECTION, AND SECTIONS seven hundred
fifty-three AND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE-F  of  this  article,  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]  FIVE
animals  per year for profit to the public AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.  Such
definition shall include breeders of animals who sell or offer for  sale
animals  directly  to  a consumer but it shall not include duly incorpo-
rated humane societies dedicated to the care of unwanted  animals  which

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06002-02-9
              

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