Senate Bill S2998

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting dog license fees for deployed active military member's dogs

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Domestic Animal Welfare Committee

  • 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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2019-S2998 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8805
Current Committee:
Senate Domestic Animal Welfare
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§108 & 110, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6264, A9856
2017-2018: S839, A7993

2019-S2998 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to exempting dog license fees for deployed active military member's dogs.

2019-S2998 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2998 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2998
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. FUNKE, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Domestic
   Animal Welfare
 
 AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to exempt-
   ing dog license fees for deployed active military member's dogs

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 108 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 30 to read as follows:
   30. "DEPLOYED ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER'S DOG" MEANS ANY DOG WHOSE  OWNER
 IS  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER  OF  THE MILITARY THAT HAS RECEIVED AND PRESENTED
 ORDERS TO REPORT FOR MILITARY SERVICE WHICH REQUIRES  TEMPORARY  HOUSING
 WHILE THE OWNER IS FILLING THEIR SERVICE COMMITMENTS.
   §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 110 of the agriculture and markets law,
 as added by section 5 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2010,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  Municipalities may exempt from their licensing fees any guide dog,
 hearing dog, service dog, war dog, working search  dog,  detection  dog,
 police  work  dog, DEPLOYED ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER'S DOG or therapy dog.
 Each copy of any license for such dogs  shall  be  conspicuously  marked
 "Guide  Dog",  "Hearing  Dog", "Service Dog", "Working Search Dog", "War
 Dog", "Detection Dog", "Police  Work  Dog",  "DEPLOYED  ACTIVE  MILITARY
 MEMBER'S  DOG", or "Therapy Dog", as may be appropriate, by the clerk or
 authorized dog control officer.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07068-01-9

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