S03412 Summary:

BILL NOS03412
 
SAME ASSAME AS A00750
 
SPONSORMARTINEZ
 
COSPNSRBIAGGI, BOYLE, FUNKE, KRUEGER, MAY, MYRIE, SERRANO, TEDISCO
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §373, Ag & Mkts L
 
Relates to the care and collection of abandoned animals on vacant property; requires notification to the appropriate authorities by anyone authorized to be on vacant land where such person finds an animal which based on its physical appearance or lack of available food or water appears abandoned, within six hours of an encounter.
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S03412 Actions:

BILL NOS03412
 
02/06/2019REFERRED TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE
05/22/20191ST REPORT CAL.890
05/29/20192ND REPORT CAL.
05/30/2019ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/11/2019PASSED SENATE
06/11/2019DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/11/2019referred to judiciary
01/08/2020died in assembly
01/08/2020returned to senate
01/08/2020REFERRED TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE
01/15/20201ST REPORT CAL.186
01/21/20202ND REPORT CAL.
01/22/2020ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
01/29/2020PASSED SENATE
01/29/2020DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
01/29/2020referred to judiciary
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S03412 Committee Votes:

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S03412 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S03412 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3412
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 6, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Domestic Animal Welfare
 
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the care
          and collection of animals on vacant property
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section 373 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a. a. Notwithstanding sections thirteen hundred seven  and  nineteen
     4  hundred  seventy-one of the real property actions and proceedings law or
     5  any other provision of law to the contrary, any person or entity who  is
     6  authorized  to  be  on  property that has been vacated as a result of an
     7  eviction, property foreclosure, forfeiture or  default  on  a  mortgage,
     8  trust  deed  or  land  sales  contract, or abandonment who encounters an
     9  animal which based on its physical appearance or lack of available  food
    10  or  water  appears  abandoned  on  such property shall promptly, but not
    11  later than six hours after such encounter, notify the dog control  offi-
    12  cer,  the police, or agent or officer of a duly incorporated society for
    13  the prevention of cruelty to  animals  about  such  encounter,  for  the
    14  purpose  of  promptly  retrieving  or  providing necessary care for such
    15  animal at the property  until  the  animal  can  be  retrieved.  Animals
    16  removed  from  the  premises  shall be placed in the custody of a pound,
    17  duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly
    18  incorporated humane society,  or  duly  incorporated  animal  protective
    19  association  and  cared  for  in  accordance with the provisions of this
    20  section, section three hundred seventy-four of this article, section one
    21  hundred seventeen of this chapter, and all  other  laws  and  ordinances
    22  that  govern the humane treatment of animals. Failure to provide notifi-
    23  cation as provided for in this subdivision shall be a violation.
    24    b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict  in
    25  any way agents or officers of societies for the prevention of cruelty to
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03134-01-9

        S. 3412                             2
 
     1  animals  or  the police from enforcing provisions of this article or any
     2  other law relating to abandonment of animals or the  inhumane  treatment
     3  of or cruelty to animals.
     4    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law.
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