Requires owners and trainers to complete an online training course detailing their responsibilities as a condition of their licensure; requires educational material established by the department of agriculture and markets regarding the responsible and humane retirement of horses to be distributed by equine veterinarians in the state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6221
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 23, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
ing
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law and
the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the notification of
responsible and humane retirement of horses to trainers and owners
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law is
2 amended by adding a new section 130 to read as follows:
3 § 130. Completion of online training course. Any owner or trainer that
4 is required to be licensed pursuant to this chapter, shall complete an
5 online training course, established pursuant to subdivision fifty-one of
6 section sixteen of the agriculture and markets law, detailing the
7 responsibilities of the owner and trainer as a condition of such
8 license.
9 § 2. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
10 adding two new subdivisions 50 and 51 to read as follows:
11 50. Establish educational material regarding the responsible and
12 humane retirement of horses which shall be distributed by equine veteri-
13 narians in the state.
14 51. Establish an online training course to be administered to owners
15 and trainers detailing the responsibilities of such owners and trainers,
16 including the responsible and humane retirement of race horses.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
18 section two of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
19 day after it shall have become a law; the addition, amendment and/or
20 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
21 this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and completed on
22 or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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