Assembly Bill A413

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the rights to contract for the burial of cremains in pet cemeteries and requiring notice relating thereto

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A413 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง750-vv, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8651
2013-2014: A1593
2017-2018: A614
2019-2020: A2280
2021-2022: A5098

2015-A413 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the rights to contract for the burial of cremains in pet cemeteries; requires notice relating thereto.

2015-A413 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   413

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ABINANTI, PAULIN, GALEF, WEPRIN, JAFFEE, HOOPER,
  KATZ -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  TITONE  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend the general business law, in relation to the right to
  contract for the burial of cremains in pet  cemeteries  and  requiring
  notice related thereto

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

  Section 1.   The general business law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 750-vv to read as follows:
  S 750-VV. BURIAL OF CREMAINS; NOTICE REQUIRED. PET CEMETERY OWNERS AND
OPERATORS  WHO  ALLOW FOR THE BURIAL OF CREMAINS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION TWO OF SECTION FORTY-TWO HUNDRED TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH  LAW,  OF
PET  OWNERS  WITH THEIR PETS MAY CHARGE A REASONABLE FEE FOR SUCH BURIAL
AND MUST PROVIDE NOTICE TO ANYONE  WHO  SEEKS  TO  BURY  A  PET  OWNER'S
CREMAINS  WITH  THE  PET  OWNER'S  PET  BEFORE ANY CONTRACT IS SIGNED OR
CONSIDERATION IS PAID FOR SUCH BURIAL, WHICH NOTICE SHALL BE IN FOURTEEN
POINT BOLD TYPE AND STATE THE FOLLOWING: "THIS IS A PET  CEMETERY  UNDER
THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW (ARTICLE 35-C).  IT IS NOT A CEMETERY UNDER THE
NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW (ARTICLE 15). WHILE HUMAN CREMAINS MAY BE
BURIED  IN  A  PET CEMETERY, SUCH CREMAINS ARE NOT COVERED BY ANY OF THE
PROTECTIONS PROVIDED TO HUMAN CREMAINS UNDER THE  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPO-
RATION LAW."
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03404-01-5

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