Relates to the disposition of cats; allows shelters to put cats, whose owners cannot be identified by any collar, tags or microchip, up for adoption after three days and after an examination by a veterinarian.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9970--B
IN ASSEMBLY
March 2, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. JENNE, SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
disposition of cats
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 374 of the agriculture and markets
2 law, as amended by chapter 449 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 2. In the absence of such findings or certification, a duly incorpo-
5 rated humane society, a duly incorporated society for the prevention of
6 cruelty to animals, or any pound maintained by or under contract or
7 agreement with any county, city, town or village may after five days
8 make available for adoption or have humanely destroyed in accordance
9 with the provisions of this section and subject to subdivisions six,
10 eight and nine of section one hundred [eighteen] seventeen of this chap-
11 ter, any animal of which possession is taken as provided for in the
12 preceding section, unless the same is earlier redeemed by its owner.
13 Notwithstanding the redemption periods set forth above in this subdivi-
14 sion, any municipality may establish the duration of such periods by
15 local law or ordinance for any cat whose owner cannot be identified by a
16 collar, tag, microchip, tattoo or other identifying mark, provided that
17 no such period shall be less than three days, and provided further that
18 such cat be made available solely for the purposes of adoption and
19 released to an adoptive owner following an examination by a duly-li-
20 censed veterinarian, the details of which shall be provided to the adop-
21 tive owner.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
23 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
24 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
25 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
26 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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