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- Print number 4130c
- Amend (t) and recommit to consumer protection
- Referred to consumer protection
- Print number 4130b
- Amend and recommit to codes
- Reported and committed to codes
- Print number 4130a
- Amend and recommit to consumer protection
- Referred to consumer protection
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Relates to the sale of birds by pet dealers
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Linda Rosenthal
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Title of bill
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the sale of birds by pet dealers
Purpose
To ensure the humane health of bird species before sale to the public, and the assurance that the public are purchasing optimal health birds.
Summary of provisions
An amendment is made to Section 402, subdivision 1, of the Agriculture and Markets law.
Existing law
There are no existing laws for optimal health of bird species in pet dealer stores.
Justification
The public can be unaware of the health of bird species in pet dealer stores. While no pet dealer shall knowingly sell any cat or dog younger than eight weeks of age, a bird can be sold at a young age since there are no restrictions in place to prohibit a pet dealers intent to sell younger birds or those birds who need to sustain a certain weight in order to fend and feed for themselves.
This act, should it become law, would require pet dealers to offer for sale to the public those birds who sustain at least ninety of their respective body weight and no longer require "hand-feeding" from a pet dealer and/or the public. To ensure further oversight, pet dealers will be required to document the body weight of hand-fed birds less than one year of age and note this weight on the sales receipt.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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