S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
January 23, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. TKACZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to making
violations of provisions of law relating to the care of animals by pet
dealers a misdemeanor
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 406 of the agriculture and markets
law, as amended by chapter 251 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
as follows:
2. Violation of any provision of this article[,] is a [civil offense,
for which a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars and not more
than one thousand dollars for each violation may be imposed]
MISDEMEANOR.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13676-01-4