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Senate Bill S1632

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Exempts livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees

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2025-S1632 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6185
Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§108 & 110, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10713
2023-2024: S5022, A4284

2025-S1632 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs.

2025-S1632 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1632 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1632
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  exempt-
   ing livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 108 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
 by adding two new subdivisions 30 and 31 to read as follows:
   30. "LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN DOG" MEANS ANY DOG UTILIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 PROTECTING LIVESTOCK FROM PREDATORS.
   31.  "HERDING  DOG" MEANS ANY DOG THAT HAS BEEN TRAINED IN HERDING AND
 IS UTILIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF HERDING CATTLE,  SHEEP,  OR  OTHER  LIVE-
 STOCK.
   §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 110 of the agriculture and markets law,
 as added by section 5 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2010,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  Municipalities  [may]  SHALL  exempt from their licensing fees any
 guide dog, hearing dog,  service  dog,  war  dog,  working  search  dog,
 detection dog, police work dog [or], therapy dog, LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN DOG
 OR HERDING DOG. Each copy of any license for such dogs shall be conspic-
 uously marked "Guide Dog", "Hearing Dog", "Service Dog", "Working Search
 Dog", "War Dog", "Detection Dog", "Police Work Dog", [or] "Therapy Dog",
 "LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN DOG" OR "HERDING DOG", as may be appropriate, by the
 clerk or authorized dog control officer.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04897-01-5

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