| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jul 08, 2010 |
print number 8319a |
| Jul 08, 2010 |
amend and recommit to rules |
| Jun 23, 2010 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8319A
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2009-S8319 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A11698
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §750-b, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
-
S3140, A4953
2009-S8319 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S8319
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general
business law, in relation to requiring individuals and
businesses who offer or solicit pet cremation or burial services for
profit use a facility that is in compliance with New York state laws
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to require persons, businesses or entities
that operate as pet cemeteries or pet crematoriums to be licensed.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends section 1 of section 750-b of the General Business
Law, as added by chapter 526 of the laws of 1992.
JUSTIFICATION:
There are various entities in New York who are now offering and
soliciting pet cremation and burial services to pet owners. These
entities who are not licensed to perform these services, are for
higher profits, avoiding using a licensed New York State cremation
facility. Pets are being sent out of New York State as far as
Pennsylvania, where state regulation laws do not protect the New York
consumer. New York's many regulations concerning crematories and
cemeteries protect the consumer and our citizens need to know that
2009-S8319 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8319
I N S E N A T E
June 23, 2010
___________
Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring indi-
viduals and businesses who offer or solicit pet cremation or burial
services for profit use a facility that is in compliance with New York
state laws
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 750-b of the general business law, as added by
chapter 526 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
S 750-b. License required. On and after July thirty-first, nineteen
hundred ninety-three, no person, BUSINESS, OR ENTITY shall engage for a
fee in the business of operating a pet cemetery or pet crematorium or
SOLICIT BUSINESS IN NEW YORK STATE OR hold himself or herself out as
being able so to do unless [he or she] THAT PERSON, BUSINESS OR ENTITY
is licensed [therefor] pursuant to this article, OR IF THE BUSINESS IS
LOCATED OUTSIDE NEW YORK STATE SUCH BUSINESS SHALL USE FACILITIES AND
PROCEDURES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. Nothing
herein shall prohibit a person licensed in accordance with the
provisions of this article from employing individuals to assist in the
operation of a pet cemetery or pet crematorium.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17069-01-0
2009-S8319A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A11698
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §750-b, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
-
S3140, A4953
2009-S8319A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S8319A
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring indi-
viduals and businesses who offer or solicit pet cremation or burial
services for profit use a facility that is in compliance with New York
state laws
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to require persons, businesses or entities
that operate as pet cemeteries or pet crematoriums to be licensed.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends section 1 of section 750-b of the General Business Law,
as added by chapter 526 of the laws of 1992.
JUSTIFICATION:
There are various entities in New York who are now offering and solicit-
ing pet cremation and burial services to pet owners. These entities who
are not licensed to perform these services, are for higher profits,
avoiding using a licensed New York State cremation facility. Pets are
being sent out of New York State as far as Pennsylvania, where state
regulation laws do not protect the New York consumer. New York's many
regulations concerning crematories and cemeteries protect the consumer
and our citizens need to know that their beloved pet remains are being
handled in a proper manner.
2009-S8319A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8319--A
I N S E N A T E
June 23, 2010
___________
Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring indi-
viduals and businesses who offer or solicit pet cremation or burial
services for profit use a facility that is in compliance with New York
state laws
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 750-b of the general business law, as added by
chapter 526 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
S 750-b. License required. [On and after July thirty-first, nineteen
hundred ninety-three, no person shall engage for a fee in the business
of operating a pet cemetery or pet crematorium or hold himself or
herself out as being able so to do unless he or she is licensed therefor
pursuant to this article] THE STATE SHALL REQUIRE THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL,
BUSINESS, OR ENTITY OFFERING OR SOLICITING PET CREMATION OR BURIAL
SERVICES FOR PROFIT, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, USE A LICENSED CREMATORY
OR CEMETERY LOCATED IN, LICENSED BY, AND SUBJECT TO REGULATION BY THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. Nothing [herein] IN THIS SECTION shall prohibit a
person licensed in accordance with the provisions of this article from
employing individuals to assist in the operation of a pet cemetery or
pet crematorium.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17069-04-0
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