Assembly Bill A6035

2019-2020 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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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6035 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §374, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A5213

2019-A6035 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-A6035 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6035
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- 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 421 of the laws of 2018, 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 seventeen 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.
 Notwithstanding the redemption periods set forth above in this  subdivi-
 sion,  any  municipality  may  establish the duration of such periods by
 local law or ordinance for any cat whose owner cannot be identified by a
 collar, tag, microchip, tattoo or other identifying mark, provided  that
 no  such period shall be less than three days, and provided further that
 such cat be made available solely  for  the  purposes  of  adoption  and
 released  to  an  adoptive  owner following an examination by a duly-li-
 censed veterinarian, the details of which shall be provided to the adop-
 tive owner.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner as section 1 of chapter 421 of the laws of 2018, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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