S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10065
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 29, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas-
ing fines for selling disabled Equidae
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 358 of the agriculture and markets law, as added
by chapter 1047 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
§ 358. Selling disabled [horses] EQUIDAE. It shall be unlawful for
any person holding an auctioneer's license knowingly to receive or offer
for sale or to sell at public auction, other than at a sheriff's or
judicial sale under a court order, any [horse] EQUIDAE which by reason
of debility, disease or lameness, or for any other cause, could not be
worked in this state without violating the law against cruelty to
animals. [Any person violating any provision] A VIOLATION of this
section shall be A MISDEMEANOR punishable by a fine of not less than
[five dollars nor more than one hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars, or by
imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15174-03-2
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