NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7287A

Senate Bill S7287A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires higher education research facilities to provide information to the department of education regarding dogs or cats available for adoption

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to higher education
May 23, 2023	print number 7287a
May 23, 2023	amend (t) and recommit to higher education
May 19, 2023	referred to higher education

Bill Amendments

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2023-S7287 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3505
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §239-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A9137
2021-2022: A636

2023-S7287 - Summary

Requires higher education research facilities to make available certain information regarding the adoption of dogs or cats on their website.

2023-S7287 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7287 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7287
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  higher
   education research facilities to provide information to the department
   of education regarding dogs or cats available for adoption

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 239-b of  the  education  law,  as
 added  by chapter 240 of the laws of 2016, is amended and two new subdi-
 visions 4 and 5 are added to read as follows:
   1. A higher education research facility that  receives  public  money,
 including  tax-exempt  status,  or  a facility that provides research in
 collaboration  with  a  higher  education  facility  shall   after   the
 completion of any testing or research involving a dog or cat, assess the
 health  of  the  dog  or  cat  and  determine whether it is suitable for
 adoption.  Such  facility  shall  thereafter  make  reasonable  efforts,
 INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EFFORTS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
 THIS SECTION, to offer for adoption the dog  or  cat  determined  to  be
 suitable  for  adoption,  either through private placement or through an
 animal rescue and shelter organization, a duly incorporated society  for
 the  prevention of cruelty to animals, a duly incorporated humane socie-
 ty, or a duly incorporated animal protective association  that  operates
 physical  animal  sheltering facilities and offers household pets to the
 public for adoption by way of an established adoption program, prior  to
 euthanizing such dog or cat.  ALL ANIMAL RESCUES, ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCI-
 ATIONS  AND SOCIETIES SELECTED BY THE HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH FACILITY
 TO ADOPT SUCH ANIMALS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH
 (3)  OF  SUBSECTION  (C)  OF SECTION 501 OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE
 CODE, 26 U.S.C. 501, OR ANY SUBSEQUENT  CORRESPONDING  SECTIONS  OF  THE
 FEDERAL  INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS FROM TIME TO TIME AMENDED. Nothing in
 this section shall create a duty upon such an organization,  association
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06677-01-3

 S. 7287                             2
 
 or society to accept a dog or cat offered by a higher education research
 facility for adoption.
   4.  (A) A FACILITY THAT IS REQUIRED TO OFFER DOGS OR CATS FOR ADOPTION
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT RELEVANT  INFORMATION
 ABOUT EACH DOG OR CAT THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO:
   (1) THE SPECIES;
   (2) THE BREED, IF KNOWN;
   (3) THE APPROXIMATE AGE; AND
   (4) THE SEX.
   (B)  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL POST SUCH INFORMATION REGARDING EACH DOG OR
 CAT THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE  PROMPTLY
 AFTER  RECEIVING  THE  INFORMATION FROM THE FACILITY. A FACILITY THAT IS
 REQUIRED TO OFFER DOGS OR CATS FOR ADOPTION  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 HOLD  SUCH  DOGS  AND  CATS  FOR AT LEAST FOURTEEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF
 POSTING OF THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH DOG  OR  CAT  FOR  ADOPTION  ON  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE  IN  ORDER  TO  PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIVATE
 PLACEMENT OR PLACEMENT WITH SUCH ANIMAL RESCUES, ORGANIZATIONS,  ASSOCI-
 ATIONS, AND SOCIETIES SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   5.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS AS SHALL BE NECESSARY
 TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.

2023-S7287A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3505
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §239-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A9137
2021-2022: A636

2023-S7287A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires higher education research facilities to make available certain information regarding the adoption of dogs or cats on their website.

2023-S7287A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7287A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7287--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  higher
   education  research  facilities  to make available certain information
   regarding the adoption of dogs or cats
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 239-b of the education law, as
 added by chapter 240 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new  subdivi-
 sion 4 is added to read as follows:
   2.  A  facility  that  is  required to offer dogs or cats for adoption
 under this section may enter into an agreement with an animal rescue and
 shelter organization, a duly incorporated society for the prevention  of
 cruelty to animals, a duly incorporated humane society, or a duly incor-
 porated  animal  protective  association  that  operates physical animal
 sheltering facilities and  offers  household  pets  to  the  public  for
 adoption  by  way  of an established adoption program[.], THAT IS EXEMPT
 FROM TAXES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION 501 OF
 THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, 26  U.S.C.  501,  OR  ANY  SUBSEQUENT
 CORRESPONDING  SECTIONS  OF  THE  FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS FROM
 TIME TO TIME AMENDED.
   4. A FACILITY THAT IS REQUIRED TO OFFER  DOGS  OR  CATS  FOR  ADOPTION
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE FACILITY'S WEBSITE:
   (A)  AN  ADOPTION  POLICY  THAT  DETAILS  THE SPECIFIC STEPS THAT SUCH
 FACILITY TAKES TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF A DOG OR CAT DEEMED  SUIT-
 ABLE FOR ADOPTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (B)  BEGINNING  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, A REPORT THAT
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR  THE
 PRECEDING YEAR:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06677-05-3

 S. 7287--A                          2
 
   (I)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  DOGS  AND  CATS THE FACILITY RELEASED FOR
 ADOPTION THROUGH PRIVATE PLACEMENT;
   (II)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  DOGS  AND CATS THE FACILITY RELEASED FOR
 ADOPTION TO AN ANIMAL RESCUE AND SHELTER ORGANIZATION, A  DULY  INCORPO-
 RATED  SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, A DULY INCORPO-
 RATED HUMANE SOCIETY, OR A DULY INCORPORATED ANIMAL  PROTECTIVE  ASSOCI-
 ATION  THAT  OPERATES  PHYSICAL  ANIMAL SHELTERING FACILITIES AND OFFERS
 HOUSEHOLD PETS TO THE PUBLIC FOR  ADOPTION  BY  WAY  OF  AN  ESTABLISHED
 ADOPTION PROGRAM; AND
   (III)  A LIST OF ALL SUCH ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS TO
 WHICH A DOG OR CAT WAS RELEASED BY SUCH FACILITY FOR ADOPTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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