Limits the animal dealers that are exempt under the provisions of article 7 of the agriculture and markets law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs; applies provisions to dealers licensed as a class A dealer under the Federal Animal Welfare Act that sells dogs exclusively to USDA registered research facilities.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A603
SPONSOR: Rosenthal (MS) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to limiting
the animal dealers exempt under the provisions of article 7 of such law
relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs
PURPOSE:
This bill ensures that Class A dog breeders, except those selling dogs
exclusively to USDA registered research facilities, or research facili-
ties with a Public Health Services approved Animal Welfare Assurance
from the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare at the National Institutes
of Health, and to agencies of the federal government that are exempt
from the Animal Welfare Act and foreign entities lawfully engaged in
research, are subject to the same licensing provision as other classi-
fications of breeders within the state.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends Subdivision 4 of section 107 of the agriculture and
markets law, as amended by section 1 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws
of 2010.
Section two sets forth the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
While USDA Class A license holders for commercial dog breeding frequent-
ly have as many as 600 adult breeding dogs and are responsible for a
significant percentage of our state's overburdened animal shelter
system, these professional breeders are exempt from making contributions
to state Animal Population Control Fund programs. Removing this inappro-
priate exception will yield additional revenue that can be applied to
spay and neuter programs capable of reducing shelter populations and
eliminating the unnecessary euthanasia of animals.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2015-16: A.720 - Advanced to Third Reading Calendar; S.7798-B - Referred
to Agriculture
2013-14: A.1123 - Ordered to Third Reading Rules Calendar; S.1700 -
Referred to Agriculture
2011-12: A.7628 - Reported to Codes; S.6218 - Referred to Agriculture
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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603
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, M. G. MILLER, JAFFEE, HOOPER, WEPRIN
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, GOTTFRIED, MONTESANO, MOYA --
read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to limiting
the animal dealers exempt under the provisions of article 7 of such
law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 107 of the agriculture and markets
2 law, as amended by section 1 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of
3 2010, is amended to read as follows:
4 4. This article shall not apply to any dog confined to the premises of
5 any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of breeding or
6 raising dogs for profit and licensed as a class A dealer under the
7 Federal [Laboratory] Animal Welfare Act, provided such dealer sells dogs
8 exclusively to USDA registered research facilities, or research facili-
9 ties with a Public Health Services approved Animal Welfare Assurance
10 from the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare at the National Institute
11 of Health and to agencies of the federal government that are exempt from
12 the Animal Welfare Act and foreign entities lawfully engaged in
13 research.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
15 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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