STATE OF NEW YORK
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6185
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to exempt-
ing livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 108 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
2 by adding two new subdivisions 30 and 31 to read as follows:
3 30. "Livestock guardian dog" means any dog utilized for the purpose of
4 protecting livestock from predators.
5 31. "Herding dog" means any dog that has been trained in herding and
6 is utilized for the purpose of herding cattle, sheep, or other live-
7 stock.
8 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 110 of the agriculture and markets law,
9 as added by section 5 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is
10 amended to read as follows:
11 2. Municipalities [may] shall exempt from their licensing fees any
12 guide dog, hearing dog, service dog, war dog, working search dog,
13 detection dog, police work dog [or], therapy dog, livestock guardian dog
14 or herding dog. Each copy of any license for such dogs shall be conspic-
15 uously marked "Guide Dog", "Hearing Dog", "Service Dog", "Working Search
16 Dog", "War Dog", "Detection Dog", "Police Work Dog", [or] "Therapy Dog",
17 "Livestock Guardian Dog" or "Herding Dog", as may be appropriate, by the
18 clerk or authorized dog control officer.
19 § 3. 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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