Requires municipal officials to attempt to identify and notify the owners of a deceased dog or cat recovered on public roads by such municipal employees.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1698--A
R. R. 417
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, BUTTENSCHON, SCHIAVONI -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture -- reported and referred to
the Committee on Codes -- reported and referred to the Committee on
Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
recovery of a deceased dog or cat on public roads
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
2 section 377-b to read as follows:
3 § 377-b. Recovery of a deceased dog or cat on public roads. Any munic-
4 ipal employee that recovers the body of a dog or cat killed on a public
5 road in the normal and ordinary course of the public employment or
6 duties of such employee shall make a reasonable effort to detect indicia
7 of ownership, such as tags, license numbers, or other such identifiers
8 on or about the animal and shall make a reasonable effort to notify the
9 owner or an animal management service concerning the animal's death.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
11 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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