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NY S06365
Bill
Status
5/10/2023
Primary Sponsor
Michelle Hinchey
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AI Summary
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Property owners and lessors must inspect vacated properties for abandoned animals within three days of knowing or should have known the property was vacated due to eviction, foreclosure, forfeiture, mortgage default, or abandonment.
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Upon discovering an apparent abandoned animal, the property owner, lessor, or their designee must immediately notify a dog control officer, police, or a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals to retrieve or provide care for the animal.
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Property owners and lessors who discover abandoned animals are not deemed the owner or custodian of those animals and are protected from liability.
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Violations result in civil penalties of up to $500 for a first offense and up to $1,000 for each subsequent offense, with collected funds deposited into the animal population control fund.
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The law does not restrict animal protection officers or police from enforcing existing animal abandonment and cruelty laws.
Legislative Description
Relates to the inspection of property that has been vacated for abandoned animals; requires property owners and lessors to inspect such property within three days and to immediately notify the appropriate authorities when such person finds an animal which appears to be abandoned.
Last Action
referred to agriculture
4/9/2024