What's happening
This bill increases the minimum and maximum fines for pet dealers who violate animal care laws in New York.
Why it matters
Significantly increases financial consequences for pet dealers who break animal care laws, raising the minimum fine from $100 to $500 and the maximum from $1,000 to $2,000 per violation. This makes non-compliance more costly and may deter neglectful or exploitative practices.
Signals a stronger commitment by New York State to animal welfare enforcement, potentially encouraging better industry standards and safer conditions for animals in pet stores.
Could prompt pet dealers to invest more in compliance measures (training, facility upgrades, record-keeping), possibly affecting their operational costs and business models.
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Increase Pet Dealer Fines
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- Referred to agriculture
- Referred to agriculture
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4078
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increasing the monetary penalties for violations of provisions of law relating to the care of animals by pet dealers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 406 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by chapter 251 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
2. Violation of any provision of this article[,] is a civil offense, for which a penalty of not less than [one] five hundred dollars and not more than [one] two thousand dollars for each violation may be imposed.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01202-02-9
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