Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 06, 2016 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7189
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S7189 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §206, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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2015-S7189 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7189 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to pygmy pigs PURPOSE : To allow the commissioner of the New York State Department of Health to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations permitting municipalities to allow pygmy pigs as pets. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill amends Section 206 of the public health law by adding a new subdivision 30 requiring the commissioner to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations permitting municipalities to allow pygmy pigs as pets. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "pygmy pig" means a pig or hog classified as Sus scrofa jubatus Muller, or Sus scrofa (cristatus) vittatus, and commonly referred to as a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig, pygmy pig, or mini-pig, which stands no higher than twenty-two inches at the shoulder and weighs no more than two-hundred pounds. Section 2 of the bill states that this act shall take effect on the
2015-S7189 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7189 I N S E N A T E April 6, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to pygmy pigs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 30 to read as follows: 30. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY NECESSARY RULES AND REGU- LATIONS PERMITTING MUNICIPALITIES TO ALLOW PYGMY PIGS AS PETS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "PYGMY PIG" MEANS A PIG OR HOG CLASSIFIED AS SUS SCROFA JUBATUS MULLER, OR SUS SCROFA (CRISTATUS) VITTATUS, AND COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A VIETNAMESE POT-BELLIED PIG, PYGMY PIG OR MINI-PIG, WHICH STANDS NO HIGHER THAN TWENTY-TWO INCHES AT THE SHOULDER AND WEIGHS NO MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14881-01-6
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