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Assembly Bill A5762

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Allows municipalities to control of funding received from dog licensing fees

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2011-A5762 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง117-a, Ag & Mkts L

2011-A5762 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows certain municipalities to control funding received from dog licensing fees.

2011-A5762 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5762

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to allowing
  municipalities to control the funding received from dog licensing fees

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of  section  117-a  of  the  agriculture  and
markets  law, as added by section 11 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws
of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  7. Any municipality within a county that does not have its own program
approved by the administrative entity pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of
this  section  must  submit  the funds collected pursuant to subdivision
three of section one hundred ten of this article  to  the  animal  popu-
lation  control  fund  pursuant  to section ninety-seven-xx of the state
finance law. PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  ANY  MUNICIPALITY  WITH  A  POPULATION
GREATER THAN THIRTY THOUSAND WHICH OPERATES ITS OWN PROGRAM, APPROVED BY
THE  ADMINISTRATIVE  AGENCY,  SHALL  NOT BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ANY FUNDS
COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  TEN  OF
THIS  ARTICLE TO THE COUNTY OR THE FUND. SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE USED SOLELY
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, OPERATION AND SUPPORT OF ANIMAL CONTROL PROGRAMS
OR ANIMAL SHELTERS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05701-01-1

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