Assembly Bill A4953

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires all pet crematorium and cemeteries to comply with NY law

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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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2011-A4953 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3140
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง750-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A11698, S8319

2011-A4953 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring individuals and businesses who offer or solicit pet cremation or burial services for profit to use a facility that is in compliance with New York state laws.

2011-A4953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 3140                                                  A. 4953

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2011
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
  Protection

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Economic Development

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.
                                                           LBD06395-01-1

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