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Assembly Bill A3717

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Notifies trainers and owners of responsible and humane retirement of horses

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2017-A3717 (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:
2013-2014: A8988
2015-2016: A4054
2019-2020: A1218

2017-A3717 (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.

2017-A3717 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3717
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, ROSENTHAL -- 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:
   § 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  FIFTY  OF
 SECTION  SIXTEEN  OF  THE  AGRICULTURE  AND  MARKETS  LAW, DETAILING THE
 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE  OWNER  AND  TRAINER  AS  A  CONDITION  OF  SUCH
 LICENSE.
   §  2.  Section  16  of  the  agriculture and markets law is amended by
 adding two new subdivisions 49 and 50 to read as follows:
   49. ESTABLISH  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIAL  REGARDING  THE  RESPONSIBLE  AND
 HUMANE RETIREMENT OF HORSES WHICH SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY EQUINE VETERI-
 NARIANS IN THE STATE.
   50.  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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD03138-01-7

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