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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5946
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 12, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  pet
          dealers to provide instructions on the care of small animals
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  391-t to read as follows:
     3    § 391-t. Sale of small animals; instructions on care. 1.  As  used  in
     4  this  section,  a  "small animal" shall mean any small mammal, excluding
     5  dogs or cats, including  but  not  limited  to,  hamsters,  chinchillas,
     6  guinea  pigs, gerbils, rabbits, mice, rats, ferrets and any small amphi-
     7  bians or reptiles, including  but  not  limited  to  frogs,  snakes  and
     8  lizards.
     9    2.  Every  pet dealer, as defined in section four hundred of the agri-
    10  culture and markets law, as  well  as  any  retailer  that  sells  small
    11  animals  to  the  public, shall deliver or provide digital access to the
    12  purchaser of a small animal, at the time of sale, general written recom-
    13  mendations for the generally accepted care of the class  of  such  small
    14  animal,  obtained  from  sources including but not limited to a state or
    15  national: professional association established to further the veterinary
    16  professions; association established for the preservation  and  care  of
    17  reptiles;  or  pet  industry  organization  representing  pet retailers,
    18  including information on housing,  equipment,  sanitation,  environment,
    19  feeding and watering, handling, and veterinary care. This written infor-
    20  mation  shall be in a form determined by the commissioner of the depart-
    21  ment of agriculture and markets.
    22    3. This section shall not apply to the sale of small animals that  are
    23  expressly sold as feeder animals.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    4.  The  pet dealer or retailer that sells small animals to the public
     2  shall file a copy of the written instructions on care annually with  the
     3  department of agriculture and markets.
     4    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law.