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Assembly Bill A603

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Limits animal dealers exempt under the provision of article 7 of such law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs

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2017-A603 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1399
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §107, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7628, S6218
2013-2014: A1123, S1700
2015-2016: A720, S7798
2019-2020: A737
2021-2022: A1728
2023-2024: A760
2025-2026: A1939

2017-A603 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the animal dealers that are exempt under the provisions of article 7 of the agriculture and markets law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs; applies provisions to dealers licensed as a class A dealer under the Federal Animal Welfare Act that sells dogs exclusively to USDA registered research facilities.

2017-A603 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    603
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, M. G. MILLER, JAFFEE, HOOPER, WEPRIN
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, GOTTFRIED, MONTESANO, MOYA --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to limiting
   the animal dealers exempt under the provisions of article  7  of  such
   law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 107 of the agriculture and markets
 law, as amended by section 1 of part T of chapter  59  of  the  laws  of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   4. This article shall not apply to any dog confined to the premises of
 any  person,  firm or corporation engaged in the business of breeding or
 raising dogs for profit and licensed as  a  class  A  dealer  under  the
 Federal [Laboratory] Animal Welfare Act, PROVIDED SUCH DEALER SELLS DOGS
 EXCLUSIVELY  TO USDA REGISTERED RESEARCH FACILITIES, OR RESEARCH FACILI-
 TIES WITH A PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES  APPROVED  ANIMAL  WELFARE  ASSURANCE
 FROM  THE  OFFICE OF LABORATORY ANIMAL WELFARE AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE
 OF HEALTH AND TO AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM
 THE  ANIMAL  WELFARE  ACT  AND  FOREIGN  ENTITIES  LAWFULLY  ENGAGED  IN
 RESEARCH.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD01259-01-7

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