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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Feb 24, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A5619
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MARKEY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Ellen C. Jaffee
William Colton
Alan Maisel
Inez Barron
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
Jeffrion Aubry
Karim Camara
Vanessa Gibson
2011-A5619 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 5-A §96-f-1, amd §§96-z-8 & 135-a, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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A2192
2011-A5619 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to assign inspectors to perform ongoing oversight of slaughterhouses, rendering plants, and commercial feed plants; they shall enforce all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations pertaining to sanitation and health.
2011-A5619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5619 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 24, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to provid- ing for the ongoing inspection of slaughterhouses, rendering plants, and commercial feed plants and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 5-A of the agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new section 96-f-1 to read as follows: S 96-F-1. INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ASSIGN QUALIFIED PERSONNEL TO INSPECT CONTINUOUSLY, AT ALL TIMES DURING ITS OPERATION, EVERY PLACE OR ESTABLISHMENT WHERE ANIMALS OR FOWLS ARE SLAUGHTERED OR BUTCHERED FOR FOOD, WHETHER SUCH PLACE OR ESTABLISHMENT IS GRANTED INSPECTION PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION ACT, THE FEDERAL POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT, ARTICLE FIVE-B OR ARTICLE FIVE-D OF THIS CHAPTER, OR SUBJECT TO LICENSURE UNDER THIS ARTICLE. SUCH PERSONNEL SHALL ENFORCE ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO SANITATION AND HEALTH. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER MAY, IN HIS OR HER DISCRETION, NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION NINETY-SIX-C OF THIS ARTICLE, ASSIGN INSPECTORS TO PLACES OR ESTABLISHMENTS OTHERWISE EXEMPT FROM THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SIX-C OF THIS ARTICLE. S 2. Section 96-z-8 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 391 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows: S 96-z-8. Access to premises; records. 1. The commissioner may inspect as often as he OR SHE deems necessary, each disposal plant or vehicle licensed under the provisions of this article. For the purpose of making such inspection, the commissioner and his OR HER authorized agents shall have free access to all disposal plants licensed hereunder and to all premises where vehicles used in a transportation service are EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08492-01-1
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