STATE OF NEW YORK
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9097
IN SENATE
May 9, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas-
ing fines for selling disabled Equidae
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 358 of the agriculture and markets law, as added
2 by chapter 1047 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 358. Selling disabled [horses] Equidae. It shall be unlawful for
4 any person holding an auctioneer's license knowingly to receive or offer
5 for sale or to sell at public auction, other than at a sheriff's or
6 judicial sale under a court order, any [horse] Equidae which by reason
7 of debility, disease or lameness, or for any other cause, could not be
8 worked in this state without violating the law against cruelty to
9 animals. [Any person violating any provision] A violation of this
10 section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than
11 [five dollars nor more than one hundred] one thousand dollars, or by
12 imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and
13 imprisonment.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15174-03-2
