Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to agriculture |
Apr 05, 2023 |
referred to agriculture |
Assembly Bill A6357
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
William Colton
multi-Sponsors
Deborah Glick
David McDonough
Jo Anne Simon
2023-A6357 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §374-a, Ag & Mkts L
2023-A6357 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires animal shelters to annually report on intake and disposition of animals and the number of animals turned away by such shelters; requires shelters to submit such reports to the department of agriculture and markets; requires such department to post the reports on their website.
2023-A6357 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6357 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 5, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, McDONOUGH, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir- ing animal shelters to prepare annual reports THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new section 374-a to read as follows: § 374-A. ANIMAL SHELTER ANNUAL REPORTS. 1. ANY ANIMAL SHELTER SHALL, BY MARCH FIRST OF EACH YEAR, PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT DISCLOSING: (A) THE NUMBER OF ANIMAL INTAKES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANIMALS THAT WERE: (I) SURRENDERED BY OWNERS; (II) BROUGHT IN BY ANIMAL CONTROL, SPECIFIED BY JURISDICTION; AND (III) STRAYS TAKEN IN BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE OWNER; (B) THE NUMBER OF ANIMAL DISPOSITIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANIMALS THAT: (I) WERE ADOPTED; (II) WERE RELEASED TO OWNERS; (III) WERE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER FACILITIES, SPECIFIED BY FACILITY; AND (IV) DIED, SPECIFYING THE REASON FOR DEATH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO NATURAL CAUSES OR EUTHANASIA, AND SPECIFYING THE REASON FOR SUCH EUTHANASIA; AND (C) THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY FROM THE SHELTER, AND THE REASON SUCH ANIMALS WERE TURNED AWAY. 2. EACH ANIMAL SHELTER SHALL SEND SUCH REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT ELEC- TRONICALLY, AND SUCH DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH SUCH REPORTS ON ITS WEBSITE. 3. EACH ANIMAL SHELTER SHALL MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE PRINTED COPY OF SUCH ANNUAL REPORT TO BE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC ON SITE UPON REQUEST. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10615-01-3
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