Assembly Bill A5213

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring a five day waiting period before a licensed veterinarian at a private veterinarian practice may humanely destroy an animal

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2017-A5213 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §374, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A6035

2017-A5213 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring a five day waiting period before a licensed veterinarian at a private veterinarian practice may humanely destroy an animal.

2017-A5213 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5213
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CASTORINA  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
   ing a five day waiting period for veterinarians at a private veterina-
   rian practice before an animal may be humanely destroyed

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 374 of the agriculture and markets
 law, as amended by chapter 449 of the laws of 2010, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   2.  In  the absence of such findings or certification, a duly incorpo-
 rated humane society, a duly incorporated society for the prevention  of
 cruelty to animals, A PRIVATE VETERINARIAN PRACTICE CONSISTING OF ONE OR
 MORE  LICENSED  VETERINARIANS  AS  DEFINED  UNDER  SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED
 FIFTY-A OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, or any pound maintained by or under
 contract or agreement with any county, city, town or village  may  after
 five  days  make  available  for  adoption or have humanely destroyed in
 accordance with the provisions of this section [and subject to  subdivi-
 sions  six, eight and nine of section one hundred eighteen of this chap-
 ter,] any animal of which possession is taken as  provided  for  in  the
 preceding section, unless the same is earlier redeemed by its owner.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09283-01-7

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