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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 12, 2016
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Introduced  by M. of A. PALUMBO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture  and  markets  law,  in  relation  to  a
  disclosure form for the surrender of a dog

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 117 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12.  A.  EVERY  POUND, SHELTER, INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETY OR SIMILAR
INCORPORATED DOG PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, SHALL DEVELOP A FORM TO BE USED
UPON THE SURRENDER OF A DOG BY ITS OWNER TO SUCH ENTITY. SUCH FORM SHALL
REQUEST THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM SUCH OWNER:
  (I) THE REASON OR REASONS FOR SURRENDERING THE DOG;
  (II) WHETHER THE DOG HAS BEEN DECLARED TO BE A DANGEROUS DOG;  WHETHER
SUCH DOG HAS EVER EXHIBITED AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES;
  (III) WHETHER THE DOG HAS EVER BITTEN ANY PERSON; AND
  (IV)  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  WITH  REGARD TO THE DOG WHICH THE OWNER
FEELS MAY BE RELEVANT TO THE FUTURE PLACEMENT OF THE DOG.
  B. THE POUND, SHELTER, INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETY OR SIMILAR INCORPO-
RATED DOG PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION WHICH ACCEPTS DOGS SURRENDERED  BY  ITS
OWNER  TO BE SHELTERED AND ADOPTED OUT SHALL MAINTAIN THE FORM AND SHALL
DISCLOSE IT TO ANY PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE OWNER OR ANY  OTHER  PERSON  WHO
MAY  SHELTER  OR HARBOR THE DOG FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME AFTER ITS SURREN-
DER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14510-01-6