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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 7, 2016
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Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rosenthal)
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
  ing the owner of any place or establishment where animals or fowls are
  slaughtered  or  butchered for food to reimburse costs associated with
  capture and return or rescue and rehabilitation of escaped animals

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

  Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
section 96-e-1 to read as follows:
  S 96-E-1. PENALTIES FOR ESCAPED ANIMALS AND FOWL. 1. FOR  PURPOSES  OF
THIS  SECTION:  (A)  "ESCAPED ANIMAL" SHALL MEAN ANY ANIMAL OR FOWL THAT
HAS BROKEN FREE AND FLED FROM CONFINEMENT OR CONTROL  BY  ANY  PLACE  OR
ESTABLISHMENT  WHERE  ANIMALS  OR FOWLS ARE SLAUGHTERED OR BUTCHERED FOR
FOOD AND ROAMS OFF THE PREMISES OF SUCH FACILITY; AND
  (B) "INDIVIDUAL ENGAGED IN  ANIMAL  RESCUE"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  PRIVATE
PERSON WHO BRINGS UNDER CONTROL ANY ESCAPED ANIMAL.
  2. IN INSTANCES WHERE ANY ANIMAL OR FOWL HAS ESCAPED FROM ANY PLACE OR
ESTABLISHMENT  WHERE  ANIMALS  OR FOWLS ARE SLAUGHTERED OR BUTCHERED FOR
FOOD, AS DEFINED BY THIS ARTICLE AND SUCH ANIMAL IS RECOVERED BY ANY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, AUTHORIZED ANIMAL  CONTROL  OFFICER,
OR  INDIVIDUAL ENGAGED IN ANIMAL RESCUE AND DELIVERED BY SUCH PERSONS TO
A MUNICIPAL ANIMAL CONTROL OR RESCUE FACILITY, THE  OWNER  OF  ANY  SUCH
PLACE  OR  ESTABLISHMENT  SHALL  BE  LIABLE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF ANY
COSTS INCURRED BY THE MUNICIPALITY AND ANIMAL CONTROL  OR  LOCAL  HEALTH
DEPARTMENT  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE CAPTURE AND RETURN OF ESCAPED ANIMALS.
FOR EACH INCIDENT INVOLVING AN ESCAPED ANIMAL, A CIVIL  PENALTY  OF  ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE ASSESSED WHICH SHALL BE DONATED TO THE MUNICI-
PAL  OR  COUNTY SHELTER OF THE CITY OR COUNTY WHERE SUCH ANIMAL ESCAPED.
IN LIEU OF CIVIL PENALTY, THE OWNER OF ANY PLACE  OR  ESTABLISHMENT  MAY
RELINQUISH OWNERSHIP OF AN ESCAPED ANIMAL.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15277-01-6