Includes working farm dogs necessary for the control and protection of livestock within the meaning of the term "crops, livestock and livestock products" for purposes of provisions of law relating to agricultural districts.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A4128
SPONSOR: Magee TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to includ-
ing working farm dogs necessary for the control and protection of live-
stock within the meaning of the term "crops, livestock and livestock
products" for purposes of provisions of law relating to agricultural
districts
PURPOSE OF BILL:
To include "working farm dogs" within the meaning of the term "crops,
livestock and livestock products" to provide protection from an unknow-
ing public.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Section 1 amends Subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agricul-
ture and markets law by adding paragraph K: "Working farm dogs necessary
for the control and protection of livestock as described in paragraph e
of this subdivision."
Section 2 sets forth the immediate effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
"Working farm dogs" provide an important. service to farmers, whether
that is protecting apple orchards from deer or herding sheep, and often
times have to work in inclement weather, which would typically violate
animal cruelty laws. By including "working farm dogs" within. the defi-
nition of "crops, livestock and livestock products" it re-defines the
"working farm dog" as "livestock" instead of a domesticated animal, thus
saving the farmer from an unknowing public.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2013-2014: A.10079
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4128
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to includ-
ing working farm dogs necessary for the control and protection of
livestock within the meaning of the term "crops, livestock and live-
stock products" for purposes of provisions of law relating to agricul-
tural districts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets
2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph l to read as follows:
3 l. Working farm dogs necessary for the control and protection of live-
4 stock as described in paragraph e of this subdivision.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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