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Assembly Bill A2129

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the care and collection of animals on vacant property

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2021-A2129 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §373, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9319
2013-2014: A1083
2015-2016: A686
2017-2018: A4168
2019-2020: A750
2023-2024: A577
2025-2026: A1648

2021-A2129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the care and collection of abandoned animals on vacant property; requires notification to the appropriate authorities by anyone authorized to be on vacant land where such person finds an animal which based on its physical appearance or lack of available food or water appears abandoned, within six hours of an encounter.

2021-A2129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2129
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the care
   and collection of animals on vacant property
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 373 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. A. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTIONS THIRTEEN HUNDRED SEVEN  AND  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-ONE OF THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW OR
 ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHO  IS
 AUTHORIZED  TO  BE  ON  PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN VACATED AS A RESULT OF AN
 EVICTION, PROPERTY FORECLOSURE, FORFEITURE OR  DEFAULT  ON  A  MORTGAGE,
 TRUST  DEED  OR  LAND  SALES  CONTRACT, OR ABANDONMENT WHO ENCOUNTERS AN
 ANIMAL WHICH BASED ON ITS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OR LACK OF AVAILABLE  FOOD
 OR  WATER  APPEARS  ABANDONED  ON  SUCH PROPERTY SHALL PROMPTLY, BUT NOT
 LATER THAN SIX HOURS AFTER SUCH ENCOUNTER, NOTIFY THE DOG CONTROL  OFFI-
 CER,  THE POLICE, OR AGENT OR OFFICER OF A DULY INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR
 THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO  ANIMALS  ABOUT  SUCH  ENCOUNTER,  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  PROMPTLY  RETRIEVING  OR  PROVIDING NECESSARY CARE FOR SUCH
 ANIMAL AT THE PROPERTY  UNTIL  THE  ANIMAL  CAN  BE  RETRIEVED.  ANIMALS
 REMOVED  FROM  THE  PREMISES  SHALL BE PLACED IN THE CUSTODY OF A POUND,
 DULY INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, DULY
 INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETY,  OR  DULY  INCORPORATED  ANIMAL  PROTECTIVE
 ASSOCIATION  AND  CARED  FOR  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION, SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, AND ALL  OTHER  LAWS  AND  ORDINANCES
 THAT  GOVERN THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTIFI-
 CATION AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE A VIOLATION.
   B. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT OR RESTRICT  IN
 ANY WAY AGENTS OR OFFICERS OF SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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