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Assembly Bill A4847

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of pet dealer

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2017-A4847 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400, Ag & Mkts L; amd §752, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8843
2015-2016: A1245

2017-A4847 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of pet dealer.

2017-A4847 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4847
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ROSENTHAL, ZEBROWSKI, BARRETT, GLICK, MOSLEY,
   GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, STECK, CAHILL, COOK, RAIA, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO  --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the general business
   law, in relation to the definition of pet dealer
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 400 of the agriculture and markets
 law, as amended by chapter 687 of the laws of 2006, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   4.  "Pet  Dealer" means any person who engages in the sale or offering
 for sale of more than nine animals per year for profit  to  the  public.
 Such  definition shall include, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, breeders who sell
 or offer to sell animals[; provided that a breeder who sells  or  offers
 to sell directly to the consumer fewer than twenty-five animals per year
 that are born and raised on the breeder's residential premises shall not
 be  considered  a  pet dealer as a result of selling or offering to sell
 such animals]. Such definition shall [further] not include duly incorpo-
 rated humane societies dedicated to the care of unwanted  animals  which
 make  such  animals available for adoption whether or not a fee for such
 adoption is charged.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 752 of  the  general  business  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  687  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. [For purposes of section seven hundred fifty-three of this article,
 a] A "pet dealer" shall mean any person who, in the ordinary  course  of
 business,  engages  in  the  sale or offering for sale of more than nine
 animals per year  for  profit  to  the  public.  Such  definition  shall
 include,  BUT  NOT  BE LIMITED TO, breeders of animals who sell or offer
 for sale animals directly to a consumer but it shall  not  include  duly
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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