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- Referred to health
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to pygmy pigs
Purpose
To allow the commissioner of the New York State Department of Health to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations permitting municipalities to allow pygmy pigs as pets.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends Section 206 of the public health law by adding a new subdivision 30 requiring the commissioner to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations permitting municipalities to allow pygmy pigs as pets.
For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "pygmy pig" means a pig or hog classified as Sus scrofa jubatus Muller, or Sus scrofa (cristatus) vittatus, and commonly referred to as a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig, pygmy pig, or mini-pig, which stands no higher than twenty-two inches at the shoulder and weighs no more than two-hundred pounds.
Section 2 of the bill states that this act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
Justification
Over the years, pygmy pigs have gained popularity and recognition as great pets due to the combination of their unique traits such as cleanliness, diminutive size, friendly disposition, and intelligence. They make great companion animals and are considered by some as therapy animals. For children with allergies, these pigs can provide necessary companionship, without affecting their health.
As pygmy pigs are becoming widely accepted as pets, many towns, cities, and municipalities throughout the United States have enacted laws, ordinances and regulations to permit the keeping of pygmy pigs as pets.
Currently, pygmy pigs are not allowed as pets in New York City according to the current New York City Health Code section 161.01. This legislation would allow the commissioner of the New York State Department of Health to promulgate any necessary rule and regulations permitting municipalities across New York State to finally allow pygmy pigs as pets.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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