Limits the animal dealers that are exempt under the provisions of article 7 of the agriculture and markets law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs; applies provisions to dealers licensed as a class A dealer under the Federal Animal Welfare Act that sells dogs exclusively to USDA registered research facilities; requires a certificate of exemption.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7628
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 11, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to limiting
the animal dealers exempt under the provisions of article 7 of such
law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 107 of the agriculture and markets
2 law, as amended by section 1 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of
3 2010, is amended to read as follows:
4 4. This article shall not apply to any dog confined to the premises of
5 any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of breeding or
6 raising dogs for profit and licensed as a class A dealer under the
7 Federal [Laboratory] Animal Welfare Act, provided such dealer sells dogs
8 exclusively to USDA registered research facilities and has obtained a
9 certificate of exemption. Application for a certificate of exemption
10 shall be made annually to the municipalities in which the dealer is
11 located and shall be accompanied by an attestation that all sales are to
12 a USDA registered research facility.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
14 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10529-05-1
