S07955 Summary:

BILL NOS07955A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A11178-A
 
SPONSOROPPENHEIMER
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd SS332 & 374, Ag & Mkts L; amd S6705, Ed L
 
Relates to the disposition of abandoned animals; authorizes certified euthanasia technicians to perform certain veterinary medicine practices without a license.
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S07955 Actions:

BILL NOS07955A
 
05/26/2010REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
06/08/2010AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
06/08/2010PRINT NUMBER 7955A
06/29/2010COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/29/2010ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1351
06/30/2010SUBSTITUTED BY A11178A
 A11178 AMEND=A Paulin
 05/24/2010referred to agriculture
 06/07/2010amend and recommit to agriculture
 06/07/2010print number 11178a
 06/15/2010reported referred to codes
 06/25/2010reported referred to rules
 06/29/2010reported
 06/29/2010rules report cal.456
 06/29/2010ordered to third reading rules cal.456
 06/29/2010passed assembly
 06/29/2010delivered to senate
 06/29/2010REFERRED TO RULES
 06/30/2010SUBSTITUTED FOR S7955A
 06/30/20103RD READING CAL.1351
 06/30/2010PASSED SENATE
 06/30/2010RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
 08/18/2010delivered to governor
 08/30/2010signed chap.449
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S07955 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S07955 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7955--A
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 26, 2010
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Agriculture  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
          disposition  of  abandoned animals; and to amend the education law, in

          relation to authorizing certified euthanasia  technicians  to  perform
          certain veterinary medicine practices without a license
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 332 of the agriculture and markets law, as  amended
     2  by chapter 479 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 332. Disposition.  Any person having in his or her care, custody, or
     4  control any abandoned animal, as defined in section three hundred  thir-
     5  ty-one of this article, may deliver such animal to any duly incorporated
     6  society  for  the  prevention of cruelty to animals or any duly incorpo-
     7  rated humane society having facilities for the care and eventual  dispo-
     8  sition  of  such  animals, or, in the case of dogs, cats and other small

     9  animals, to any pound maintained by or under contract or agreement  with
    10  any  county,  city,  town, or village within which such animal was aban-
    11  doned. The person with whom the animal was abandoned shall, however,  on
    12  the  day  of  divesting himself or herself of possession thereof, notify
    13  the person who had placed such animal in his or her custody of the  name
    14  and  address of the animal society or pound to which the animal has been
    15  delivered, such notice to be by registered letter  mailed  to  the  last
    16  known  address of the person intended to be so notified. If an animal is
    17  not claimed by its owner within five days after being  so  delivered  to
    18  such duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals,
    19  duly  incorporated  humane society or pound, such animal may at any time

    20  thereafter be placed for adoption in a suitable home  or  euthanized  in
    21  accordance  with the provisions of section three hundred seventy-four of
    22  this chapter. In no event, however, shall the  use  of  a  decompression
    23  chamber  or  decompression device of any kind be used for the purpose of
    24  destroying or disposing of such animal.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16795-06-0

        S. 7955--A                          2
 
     1    § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 2  of  section  374  of  the  agriculture  and
     2  markets  law, as amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 2009, are amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    1.  Any  agent  or  officer of any duly incorporated humane society, a

     5  duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals,  any
     6  dog  control  officer,  or  any police officer, may lawfully cause to be
     7  humanely destroyed (by means provided for in paragraph a of  subdivision
     8  three of this section) any animal found abandoned and not properly cared
     9  for, or any lost, strayed, homeless or unwanted animal, if upon examina-
    10  tion  a  licensed  veterinarian  shall  certify  in  writing,  or if two
    11  reputable citizens called upon by such agent, officer or police  officer
    12  to  view  the  same  in  his  or her presence find that the animal is so
    13  maimed, diseased, disabled, or infirm so as to be unfit for  any  useful
    14  purpose  and  that  humane euthanasia is warranted; or after such agent,
    15  officer or police officer has obtained in writing from the owner of such
    16  animal his or her consent to such destruction.

    17    2. In the absence of such findings or certification, a  duly  incorpo-
    18  rated  humane society, a duly incorporated society for the prevention of
    19  cruelty to animals, or any pound maintained  by  or  under  contract  or
    20  agreement  with  any  county,  city, town or village may after five days
    21  make available for adoption or have  humanely  destroyed  in  accordance
    22  with  the  provisions  of  this section and subject to subdivisions six,
    23  eight and nine of section one hundred  eighteen  of  this  chapter,  any
    24  animal  of  which  possession  is taken as provided for in the preceding
    25  section, unless the same is earlier redeemed by its owner.
    26    § 3. Section 6705 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    27  subdivision 13 to read as follows:
    28    13.  Any  person  certified  and  currently  registered as a certified

    29  euthanasia technician pursuant to subdivision  three  of  section  three
    30  hundred  seventy-four  of  the agriculture and markets law or any person
    31  undergoing training  for  such  certification  where  such  training  is
    32  conducted  in accordance with the requirements of such section, provided
    33  that such practice is limited to such certification or training.
    34    § 4. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    35  manner as section 5 of chapter 479 of the laws of 2009, takes effect.
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