Assembly Bill A5170

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter to make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of certain animals or provide for the fostering or adoption of such animals

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A5170 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§117 & 374, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10306
2017-2018: A2672
2019-2020: A4675
2021-2022: A7146

2023-A5170 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter to make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of certain animals or provide for the fostering or adoption of such animals; provides that such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, checking such animals for identification, social media, placing a photograph and general description, and other identifying information on the internet.

2023-A5170 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5170
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TANNOUSIS  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
   ing  reasonable  efforts  be made in determining the owners of certain
   animals
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  7-a  of  section  117 of the agriculture and
 markets law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
 read as follows:
   7-a. Any animal in the custody of a pound or shelter shall, AFTER  THE
 EXPIRATION  OF  THE APPROPRIATE REDEMPTION PERIOD PRESCRIBED BY SUBDIVI-
 SIONS SIX, EIGHT AND NINE OF THIS SECTION AND SUBJECT TO THE  PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, be made available
 for  adoption  PURSUANT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS  CHAPTER  or  euthanized  subject  to
 [subdivisions  six,  eight  and nine of this section and subject to] the
 provisions of section three hundred seventy-four of this chapter  [after
 the  time  for  redemption  has  expired];  provided, however, that such
 release may be made to another such pound, duly incorporated society for
 the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly incorporated  humane  society
 or  duly incorporated animal protective association for the sole purpose
 of placing such animal in an adoptive home, when such action is  reason-
 ably believed to improve the opportunity for adoption.
   §  2. 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,  or  any  pound maintained by or under contract or
 agreement with any county, city, town or village [may after  five  days]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05212-01-3
              

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