Assembly Bill A8988

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Notifies trainers and owners of responsible and humane retirement of horses

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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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2013-A8988 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Add §130, RWB L; amd §16, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4054
2017-2018: A3717
2019-2020: A1218

2013-A8988 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2013-A8988 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8988

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 6, 2014
                               ___________

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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