Assembly Bill A10065

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Increases fines for selling disabled Equidae

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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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2021-A10065 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9097
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §358, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3552, S1677

2021-A10065 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases fines for selling disabled Equidae.

2021-A10065 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10065
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas-
   ing fines for selling disabled Equidae
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Section 358 of the agriculture and markets law,  as  added
 by chapter 1047 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   § 358. Selling  disabled  [horses] EQUIDAE.   It shall be unlawful for
 any person holding an auctioneer's license knowingly to receive or offer
 for sale or to sell at public auction, other  than  at  a  sheriff's  or
 judicial  sale  under a court order, any [horse] EQUIDAE which by reason
 of debility, disease or lameness, or for any other cause, could  not  be
 worked  in  this  state  without  violating  the  law against cruelty to
 animals. [Any person  violating  any  provision]  A  VIOLATION  of  this
 section  shall  be  A  MISDEMEANOR punishable by a fine of not less than
 [five dollars nor more than one hundred] ONE  THOUSAND  dollars,  or  by
 imprisonment  for  not  more  than  six months, or by both such fine and
 imprisonment.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15174-03-2

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