A10700 Summary:
| BILL NO | A10700 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Rules (Rosenthal L) |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §391-w, Gen Bus L | |
| Prohibits the sale or distribution of any electric shock dog collar in the state; provides a civil fine up to $500 for each violation. | |
A10700 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10700 IN ASSEMBLY September 9, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen- thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of electric shock dog collars 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-w to read as follows: 3 § 391-w. Sale and distribution of electric shock dog collars; prohibi- 4 tion. 1. For the purpose of this section the term "electric shock dog 5 collar" means any e-collar or electric collar meant to be used around a 6 dog's neck to deliver an electric shock to the dog. 7 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corpo- 8 ration to knowingly sell, offer for sale or distribute for sale in the 9 state any electric shock dog collar. 10 3. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not to 11 exceed five hundred dollars. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16209-02-2