Assembly Bill A6735

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the commissioner of agriculture and markets to establish licensing and educational standards for individuals providing canine training for non-service and non-police dogs

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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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2017-A6735 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S144
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §113-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8219
2019-2020: A1880, S7066
2021-2022: A6107, S1148
2023-2024: A2826

2017-A6735 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the commissioner to establish licensing and educational standards for individuals providing canine training for non-service and non-police dogs.

2017-A6735 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6735
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, M. L. MILLER -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
   ing the commissioner of agriculture and markets to establish licensing
   and educational standards for individuals  providing  canine  training
   for non-service and non-police dogs
 
   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 113-a to read as follows:
   §  113-A.  OBEDIENCE  TRAINING.  1.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BY RULE OR
 REGULATION ESTABLISH LICENSING AND EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS
 PROVIDING BASIC OBEDIENCE COURSES TO NON-SERVICE AND NON-POLICE DOGS AND
 THEIR OWNERS.
   2. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY DOG THAT FALLS  UNDER  SUBDIVI-
 SION  NINE, EIGHTEEN, TWENTY, TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-FIVE, TWEN-
 TY-SIX OR TWENTY-SEVEN OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3. NO PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-ONE,  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE,  THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE-A OR
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX OF THIS  CHAPTER  MAY  BE
 LICENSED TO PROVIDE OBEDIENCE TRAINING SERVICES UNDER THIS SECTION.
   4.  LICENSEES UNDER THIS SECTION ARE TO MAINTAIN PRACTICES AND FACILI-
 TIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANIMAL CONTROL PROVISIONS UNDER ARTICLES  SEVEN,
 TWENTY-FIVE-B  AND  TWENTY-SIX  OF  THIS  CHAPTER AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE
 ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH PROVISIONS, BY ANY CONSTABLE, POLICE OFFICER,  PEACE
 OFFICER,  DOG CONTROL OFFICER, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, OR ANY OFFICER OR
 AGENT OF ANY DULY INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY  TO
 ANIMALS AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06045-01-7

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