assembly Bill A9856

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting dog license fees for deployed active military member's dogs

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Apr 15, 2016 referred to agriculture

A9856 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6264
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง108 & 110, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7993, S839
2019-2020: A8805, S2998

A9856 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to exempting dog license fees for deployed active military member's dogs.

A9856 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9856

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 15, 2016
                               ___________

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 exempt-
  ing dog license fees for deployed active military member's dogs

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

  Section  1.  Section 108 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 30 to read as follows:
  30. "DEPLOYED ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER'S DOG" MEANS ANY DOG WHOSE  OWNER
IS  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER  OF  THE MILITARY THAT HAS RECEIVED AND PRESENTED
ORDERS TO REPORT FOR MILITARY SERVICE WHICH REQUIRES  TEMPORARY  HOUSING
WHILE THE OWNER IS FILLING THEIR SERVICE COMMITMENTS.
  S  2. Subdivision 2 of section 110 of the agriculture and markets law,
as added by section 5 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2010,  is
amended to read as follows:
  2.  Municipalities may exempt from their licensing fees any guide dog,
hearing dog, service dog, war dog, working search  dog,  detection  dog,
police  work  dog, DEPLOYED ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER'S DOG or therapy dog.
Each copy of any license for such dogs  shall  be  conspicuously  marked
"Guide  Dog",  "Hearing  Dog", "Service Dog", "Working Search Dog", "War
Dog", "Detection Dog", "Police  Work  Dog",  "DEPLOYED  ACTIVE  MILITARY
MEMBER'S  DOG", or "Therapy Dog", as may be appropriate, by the clerk or
authorized dog control officer.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11940-01-5