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Assembly Bill A9596

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the department of transportation to attempt to identify and notify the owners of deceased domesticated animals recovered on public roads

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2015-A9596 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1135
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง377-b, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7123
2017-2018: A5410
2019-2020: A3926

2015-A9596 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of transportation to attempt to identify and notify the owners of deceased domesticated animals recovered on public roads.

2015-A9596 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9596

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to recovery
  of deceased domesticated animals on public roads

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

  Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
section 377-b to read as follows:
  S  377-B.  RECOVERY  OF DECEASED DOMESTICATED ANIMALS ON PUBLIC ROADS.
ANY OFFICIAL OF THE NEW YORK STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION  THAT
RECOVERS THE BODY OF A DOMESTICATED ANIMAL KILLED ON A PUBLIC ROAD SHALL
MAKE  EVERY  REASONABLE  EFFORT  TO DETECT INDICIA OF OWNERSHIP, SUCH AS
TAGS, LICENSE NUMBERS, MICROCHIPS, OR OTHER SUCH IDENTIFIERS ON OR ABOUT
THE ANIMAL. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL PROVIDE  NOTIFICATION
TO THE OWNER CONCERNING THE ANIMAL'S DEATH. IF THE DECEASED ANIMAL BEARS
NO INDICIA OF OWNERSHIP, SUCH DEPARTMENT SHALL POST A DESCRIPTION OF THE
ANIMAL  AND  PLACE OF DEATH ON A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE. IF FEASIBLE
IN LIGHT OF EXISTING DEPARTMENT FACILITIES, SUCH ANIMALS SHALL BE SAFELY
STORED FOR FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER NOTIFICATION ON SUCH  WEBSITE  DURING
WHICH  OWNERS MAY RECOVER THE ANIMAL'S REMAINS TO DISPOSE OF IN A MANNER
OF THEIR CHOOSING.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02131-01-5

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