A07928 Summary:
BILL NO | A07928 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Pretlow |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add S364-a, Ag & Mkts L | |
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Relates to the licensing of horse drawn carriages throughout the state. |
A07928 Actions:
BILL NO | A07928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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06/01/2015 | referred to agriculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | referred to agriculture |
A07928 Committee Votes:
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Go to topA07928 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7928 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 1, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the licensing of horse drawn carriages 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 364-a to read as follows: 3 § 364-a. Horse drawn carriages. 1. No person may operate a horse drawn 4 carriage upon any highway or other public lands unless such person shall 5 have first obtained a license from the state. 6 2. A person may apply to the department for a license to operate a 7 horse drawn carriage. Such person must fill out an application supplied 8 by the commissioner and pay a three hundred dollar license fee. Licenses 9 issued pursuant to this section may be limited within each municipality 10 as determined by the commissioner. 11 3. The license shall be good for two years and may be renewed each 12 year upon the payment of a renewal fee of three hundred dollars. 13 4. A license issued pursuant to this section shall entitle its holder 14 to operate a horse drawn carriage within the municipality or munici- 15 palities for which the license has been issued. 16 5. The commissioner shall establish an application process for persons 17 seeking to obtain a license pursuant to this section. 18 6. The commissioner shall establish rules and regulations pertaining 19 to the licensing of horse drawn carriages. Such rules and regulations 20 shall include: 21 a. The total number of licenses that may be issued at any given time 22 within each specific municipality. 23 b. The length of time a horse may be used in service on a (i) daily 24 basis, (ii) weekly basis, and (iii) yearly basis. 25 c. The total weight load that a horse may be required to pull. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10478-04-5A. 7928 2 1 7. In no event shall the state limit the number of licenses available 2 statewide to less than three hundred. 3 8. The provisions of this section shall only apply to operators of 4 horse drawn carriages who provide rides or transportation in such 5 carriages for a fee. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 7 it shall have become a law and shall supersede any local law in exist- 8 ence on such effective date to the extent that such local law conflicts 9 with the provisions of this act.