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- Print number 7798b
- Amend and recommit to agriculture
- Print number 7798a
- Amend and recommit to agriculture
- Referred to agriculture
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Limits animal dealers exempt under the provision of article 7 of such law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Linda Rosenthal
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Title of bill
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to limiting the animal dealers exempt under the provisions of article 7 of such law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs
Purpose or general idea of the bill
This bill will ensure that Class A dog breeders, except those selling dogs exclusively to USDA registered research facilities, or research facilities with a Public Health Services approved Animal Welfare Assurance from the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare at the National Institutes of Health, and to agencies of the federal government that are exempt from the Animal Welfare Act and foreign entities lawfully engaged in research, are subject to the same licensing provision as other classifications of breeders within the state.
Summary of specific provisions
Subdivision 4 of section 107, contained with article 7 of the NYS Agriculture and Markets laws, shall be amended by section 1 of part (T) of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010.
Justification
While USDA Class A license holders for commercial dog breeding frequently have as many as 600 adult breeding dogs and are responsible for a significant percentage of our state's overburdened animal shelter system, these professional breeders are exempt from making contributions to state Animal Population Control Fund programs. Removing this inappropriate exception will yield additional revenue that can be applied to spay and neuter programs capable of reducing shelter populations and eliminating the unnecessary euthanasia of animals.
Legislative history
2016: A.720 (Rosenthal) advanced to third reading cal. 569 on 5/12/2016 2015: A.720 (Rosenthal) Referred to Ways and Means. 2014: A.1123/S.1700 (Grisanti) ordered to third reading rules cal.49 in the Assembly; S.1700 (Grisanti) Referred to Agriculture 2013: A.1123 Referred to Agriculture, S.1700 (Grisanti) Referred to Agriculture 2012: A.7628/S.6218 (Grisanti) was reported to Codes in the Assembly; S.6218 (Grisanti) Referred to Agriculture 2011: A.7628 (Referred to Agriculture)
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act will take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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