Requires owners and trainers to complete an online training course detailing their responsibilities as a condition of their licensure; requires educational material established by the department of agriculture and markets regarding the responsible and humane retirement of horses to be distributed by equine veterinarians in the state.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8988
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law and
the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the notification of
responsible and humane retirement of horses to trainers and owners
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law is
amended by adding a new section 130 to read as follows:
S 130. COMPLETION OF ONLINE TRAINING COURSE. ANY OWNER OR TRAINER THAT
IS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, SHALL COMPLETE AN
ONLINE TRAINING COURSE, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FORTY-SEVEN
OF SECTION SIXTEEN OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, DETAILING THE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OWNER AND TRAINER AS A CONDITION OF SUCH
LICENSE.
S 2. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
adding two new subdivisions 45 and 47 to read as follows:
45. ESTABLISH EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL REGARDING THE RESPONSIBLE AND
HUMANE RETIREMENT OF HORSES WHICH SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY EQUINE VETERI-
NARIANS IN THE STATE.
47. ESTABLISH AN ONLINE TRAINING COURSE TO BE ADMINISTERED TO OWNERS
AND TRAINERS DETAILING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUCH OWNERS AND TRAINERS,
INCLUDING THE RESPONSIBLE AND HUMANE RETIREMENT OF RACE HORSES.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
section two of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
day after it shall have become a law; the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and completed on
or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13211-02-4
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