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NY S01497
Bill
Status
1/15/2019
Primary Sponsor
James Tedisco
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AI Summary
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Prohibits slaughtering horses or having another person slaughter a horse if the person knows or should know the horse will be used for human consumption.
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Prohibits selling, offering for sale, bartering, purchasing, possessing, transporting, or receiving horses or horseflesh intended for human consumption.
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Prohibits importing or exporting live horses or horseflesh intended for human consumption into or from New York State.
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Defines "horse" to include all equine family members (horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, asses, and burros) and "horseflesh" to include all parts of a dead horse.
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Violations are misdemeanors punishable by up to one year imprisonment or $1,000 fine, with civil penalties up to $1,000 for first violation and $25,000 for subsequent violations; collected penalties go to the animal population control fund.
Legislative Description
Prohibits any person from slaughtering a horse where such person knows or has reason to know that such horse will be used for human consumption; and prohibits any person from selling, bartering, giving away, purchasing, possessing, transporting, delivering or receiving horseflesh where such person knows or should know that such horseflesh is intended for human consumption; and provides penalties for violation.
Last Action
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
1/8/2020