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Assembly Bill A4114
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GLICK
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
Linda Rosenthal
Ellen C. Jaffee
multi-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Matthew Titone
2017-A4114 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S3089
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §380, Ag & Mkts L; add §99-z, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A10714, S7425
2011-2012: A3506, S2395
2013-2014: A3906, S1028
2015-2016: A3738, S952
2019-2020: A4517, S1449
2021-2022: S1360
2017-A4114 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a twelve percent surcharge on the sale of animals by pet dealers and an animal shelter and wildlife rehabilitator account to be administered by an animal protection organization to be chosen by the comptroller and the commissioner of agriculture and markets.
2017-A4114 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4114 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab- lishing a twelve percent surcharge on the sale of animals by pet deal- ers; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the "New York animal shelter and wildlife rehabilitator account" 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 380 to read as follows: § 380. ANIMAL SALE SURCHARGE. 1. WHENEVER ANY PET DEALER SELLS ANY ANIMAL, THERE SHALL BE LEVIED UPON SUCH PET DEALER A MANDATORY SURCHARGE IN THE AMOUNT OF TWELVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OF THE PRICE OF THE ANIMAL AND ANY ANCILLARY PRODUCTS SOLD ON THE DATE SUCH ANIMAL WAS PURCHASED. SUCH MANDATORY SURCHARGE SHALL BE PAID TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER WHO SHALL DEPOSIT SUCH MONEY IN THE STATE TREASURY TO THE CREDIT OF THE NEW YORK ANIMAL SHELTER AND WILDLIFE REHABILITATOR ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-Z OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PET DEALER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO ENGAGES IN THE SALE OR OFFERING FOR SALE OF MORE THAN NINE ANIMALS PER YEAR FOR PROFIT TO THE PUBLIC. SUCH DEFINITION SHALL INCLUDE BREEDERS WHO SELL OR OFFER TO SELL ANIMALS; PROVIDED THAT A BREEDER WHO SELLS OR OFFERS TO SELL DIRECTLY TO THE CONSUMER FEWER THAN TWENTY-FIVE ANIMALS PER YEAR THAT ARE BORN AND RAISED ON THE BREEDER'S RESIDENTIAL PREMISES SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A PET DEALER AS A RESULT OF SELLING OR OFFERING TO SELL SUCH ANIMALS. SUCH DEFINITION SHALL FURTHER NOT INCLUDE DULY INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETIES DEDICATED TO THE CARE OF UNWANTED ANIMALS WHICH MAKE SUCH ANIMALS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION WHETHER OR NOT A FEE FOR SUCH ADOPTION IS CHARGED. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01154-01-7
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