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NY S03412
Bill
Status
6/11/2019
Primary Sponsor
Monica Martinez
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AI Summary
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Requires any authorized person on vacant property (resulting from eviction, foreclosure, forfeiture, mortgage default, or abandonment) to notify dog control officers, police, or animal cruelty prevention society agents within six hours of encountering an apparently abandoned animal.
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Defines apparently abandoned animals as those lacking physical care or available food and water on the property.
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Mandates that removed animals be placed in custody of a pound, humane society, or animal protective association and cared for according to applicable animal welfare laws.
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Makes failure to provide required notification a violation.
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Does not restrict enforcement authority of animal cruelty prevention societies or police regarding animal abandonment or inhumane treatment laws.
Legislative Description
Relates to the care and collection of abandoned animals on vacant property; requires notification to the appropriate authorities by anyone authorized to be on vacant land where such person finds an animal which based on its physical appearance or lack of available food or water appears abandoned, within six hours of an encounter.
Last Action
referred to judiciary
1/29/2020