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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         739--D
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, MOYA, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, McDONOUGH,
          TEDISCO, TENNEY, MOSLEY, BROOK-KRASNY, TITONE, CUSICK, MALLIOTAKIS  --
          Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. GALEF, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, PERRY -- read
          once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Agriculture  --  committee

          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  -- recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture in
          accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and
          referred  to  the  Committee  on Codes -- reported and referred to the
          Committee on Rules --  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 prohib-
          iting piercing and tattooing of companion animals
 
          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 353-f to read as follows:
     3    § 353-f. Companion animal piercing and tattooing prohibited.  1.    No
     4  person  shall  pierce or cause to have pierced a companion animal unless
     5  such piercing provides a medical benefit to the companion  animal.  Such
     6  piercing  shall  be  performed  by  a licensed veterinarian or under the
     7  supervision of a licensed veterinarian. Nothing in this section shall be
     8  construed to apply to ear tags on rabbits and cavies.
     9    2. No person shall tattoo or cause to have tattooed a companion animal
    10  unless such tattoo:
    11    (a) is done in conjunction with a medical procedure for the benefit of

    12  the companion animal and to indicate that  such  medical  procedure  has
    13  been done, provided that such tattoo is not for design purposes; or
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05036-12-4
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     1    (b)  is done for the purpose of identification of the companion animal
     2  and not for design purposes, and such tattoo includes only such  numbers
     3  and/or  letters allotted by a corporation that, in the regular course of
     4  its business, maintains an animal tattoo identification registry.
     5    3.    For  the purposes of this section, "tattoo" shall mean a mark on

     6  the body made with indelible ink or pigments injected beneath the  outer
     7  layer of the skin.
     8    4.    Tattooing  done  in conjunction with a medical procedure for the
     9  benefit of a companion animal that indicates that such medical procedure
    10  has been done shall be performed by a licensed veterinarian or under the
    11  supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
    12    5. Any person who knowingly violates the provisions  of  this  section
    13  shall be guilty of a violation punishable pursuant to the penal law.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    15  it shall have become a law.