What's happening
This bill requires the New York Department of Transportation to notify owners or post information online when recovering deceased domesticated animals from public roads.
Why it matters
Improves communication and closure for pet owners. By requiring the Department of Transportation to make reasonable efforts to identify and notify owners when a domesticated animal is found deceased, this bill helps provide closure and reduces the distress of not knowing what happened to a lost pet.
Promotes responsible pet identification. The focus on searching for tags, microchips, and other identifiers encourages pet owners to ensure their animals have up-to-date identification, which could increase the likelihood of reunification or notification.
Increases transparency and public awareness. Posting descriptions and locations of unidentified deceased animals online creates a central, accessible resource for people searching for missing pets, making the process less opaque and more humane.
Gives owners agency over remains. By allowing owners to recover their animal's remains within 48 hours if feasible, the bill respects the emotional significance of pets and gives families the chance to handle remains according to their personal or cultural preferences.
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- Referred to agriculture
- Referred to agriculture
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5410
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 8, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to recovery of deceased domesticated animals on public roads
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new section 377-b to read as follows:
§ 377-b. Recovery of deceased domesticated animals on public roads. Any official of the New York state department of transportation that recovers the body of a domesticated animal killed on a public road shall make every reasonable effort to detect indicia of ownership, such as tags, license numbers, microchips, or other such identifiers on or about the animal. The department of transportation shall provide notification to the owner concerning the animal's death. If the deceased animal bears no indicia of ownership, such department shall post a description of the animal and place of death on a publicly available website. If feasible in light of existing department facilities, such animals shall be safely stored for forty-eight hours after notification on such website during which owners may recover the animal's remains to dispose of in a manner of their choosing.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09711-01-7
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