What's happening
This bill amends the definition of "pet dealer" to include more breeders by removing the exemption for small-scale breeders selling fewer than 25 animals per year.
Why it matters
Expands regulatory oversight. by including small-scale breeders (those selling fewer than 25 animals/year) under the "pet dealer" definition, subjecting them to the same licensing, inspection, and record-keeping requirements as larger breeders.
Aims to improve animal welfare. by ensuring more breeders are accountable to state standards regarding the care, housing, and sale of animals, potentially reducing instances of neglect or substandard breeding practices.
May increase costs and administrative burdens. for small breeders, who will now need to comply with regulations previously aimed at larger commercial operations, possibly affecting their ability to operate or increasing the price of pets.
Narrows existing exemptions. in law, signaling a policy shift toward stricter regulation of all breeders selling animals for profit, not just those operating at a larger scale.
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Who cares
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Redefine Pet Dealer Rules
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Sponsors
12 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to agriculture
- Referred to agriculture
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4847
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, ZEBROWSKI, BARRETT, GLICK, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, STECK, CAHILL, COOK, RAIA, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the general business law, in relation to the definition of pet dealer
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 400 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by chapter 687 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
4. "Pet Dealer" means any person who engages in the sale or offering for sale of more than nine animals per year for profit to the public. Such definition shall include, but not be limited to, breeders who sell or offer to sell animals[; provided that a breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to the consumer fewer than twenty-five animals per year that are born and raised on the breeder's residential premises shall not be considered a pet dealer as a result of selling or offering to sell such animals]. Such definition shall [further] not include duly incorporated humane societies dedicated to the care of unwanted animals which make such animals available for adoption whether or not a fee for such adoption is charged.
§ 2. Subdivision 3 of section 752 of the general business law, as amended by chapter 687 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
3. [For purposes of section seven hundred fifty-three of this article, a] A "pet dealer" shall mean any person who, in the ordinary course of business, engages in the sale or offering for sale of more than nine animals per year for profit to the public. Such definition shall include, but not be limited to, breeders of animals who sell or offer for sale animals directly to a consumer but it shall not include duly
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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incorporated humane societies dedicated to the care of unwanted animals which make such animals available for adoption whether or not a fee for such adoption is charged. [For purposes of sections seven hundred fifty-three-a, seven hundred fifty-three-b, seven hundred fifty-three-c, seven hundred fifty-three-d and seven hundred fifty-three-e of this article, "pet dealer" shall mean any person who engages in the sale or offering for sale of more than nine animals per year for profit to the public. Such definition shall include breeders who sell animals; provided that a breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to the consumer fewer than twenty-five animals per year that are born and raised on the breeders residential premises shall not be considered a pet dealer as a result of selling or offering to sell such animals. Such definition shall not include duly incorporated humane societies dedicated to the care of unwanted animals which make such animals available for adoption whether or not a fee for such adoption is charged.]
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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