NY State Assembly Bill 2023-A3505A

Assembly Bill A3505A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires higher education research facilities to make available certain information regarding the adoption of dogs or cats

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to higher education
May 23, 2023	reported referred to rules
May 16, 2023	print number 3505a
May 16, 2023	amend (t) and recommit to higher education
Feb 03, 2023	referred to higher education

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2023-A3505 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7287
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §239-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A9137
2021-2022: A636

2023-A3505 - Summary

Requires higher education research facilities to make available certain information regarding the adoption of dogs or cats on their website.

2023-A3505 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3505
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  higher
   education research facilities to provide information to the department
   of education regarding dogs or cats available for adoption

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 239-b of  the  education  law,  as
 added  by chapter 240 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdivi-
 sion 4 is added to read as follows:
   1. (A) A higher  education  research  facility  that  receives  public
 money, including tax-exempt status, or a facility that provides research
 in  collaboration  with  a  higher  education  facility  shall after the
 completion of any testing or research involving a dog or cat, assess the
 health of the dog or cat  and  determine  whether  it  is  suitable  for
 adoption.  Such  facility  shall  thereafter  make  reasonable  efforts,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EFFORTS SPECIFIED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION, to offer for adoption the dog or cat determined to be
 suitable for adoption, either through private placement  or  through  an
 animal  rescue and shelter organization, a duly incorporated society for
 the prevention of cruelty to animals, a duly incorporated humane  socie-
 ty,  or  a duly incorporated animal protective association that operates
 physical animal sheltering facilities and offers household pets  to  the
 public  for adoption by way of an established adoption program, prior to
 euthanizing such dog or cat.
   (B) SUCH REASONABLE EFFORTS BY THE RESEARCH  FACILITY  SHALL  INCLUDE,
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   I.  ESTABLISHING  A  PRIVATE  PLACEMENT  PROCESS  TO  PROVIDE  FOR THE
 ADOPTION OF DOGS AND CATS; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06677-02-3
 A. 3505                             2

   II. ESTABLISHING A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND  SOCIETIES
 DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE RESEARCH FACILITY AND
 THAT MAY BE WILLING TO TAKE A DOG OR CAT FROM THE RESEARCH FACILITY.
   (C)  ALL  ORGANIZATIONS,  ASSOCIATIONS  AND  SOCIETIES SELECTED BY THE
 RESEARCH FACILITY TO ADOPT SUCH ANIMALS SHALL BE ORGANIZATIONS,  ASSOCI-
 ATIONS  AND  SOCIETIES  THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM TAXES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
 (3) OF SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION 501 OF  THE  FEDERAL  INTERNAL  REVENUE
 CODE, 26 U.S.C. 501, AS FROM TIME TO TIME AMENDED.
   (D) Nothing in this section shall create a duty upon such an organiza-
 tion,  association or society to accept a dog or cat offered by a higher
 education research facility for adoption.
   (E) A RESEARCH FACILITY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION THAT
 OWNS DOGS OR CATS SHALL HAVE A RESEARCH FACILITY  ADOPTION  POLICY.  THE
 RESEARCH  FACILITY  ADOPTION  POLICY  SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  ON THE
 RESEARCH FACILITY'S WEBSITE. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "RESEARCH
 FACILITY  ADOPTION  POLICY"  SHALL  MEAN AN ADOPTION POLICY FOR DOGS AND
 CATS THAT DETAILS THE SPECIFIC STEPS THAT A RESEARCH FACILITY  TAKES  TO
 PROVIDE  FOR  THE  ADOPTION  OF A DOG OR CAT AFTER THE COMPLETION OF ANY
 TESTING OR RESEARCH INVOLVING THE DOG OR CAT WHO THE ATTENDING OR INSTI-
 TUTIONAL VETERINARIAN AT THE RESEARCH FACILITY  DETERMINES  IS  SUITABLE
 FOR ADOPTION.
   4.  ON  OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT SUCCEEDING THE CHAPTER
 OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE THAT AMENDED  THIS  SECTION,  A
 HIGHER  EDUCATION RESEARCH FACILITY DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER  WHICH  SHALL
 INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  THE  FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE
 PRECEDING YEAR:
   (A) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DOGS AND CATS OWNED BY THE RESEARCH FACILITY;
   (B) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DOGS AND CATS USED  FOR  TESTING  OR  RESEARCH
 THAT IS CONDUCTED AT THE RESEARCH FACILITY;
   (C)  THE  TOTAL NUMBER OF DOGS AND CATS THE RESEARCH FACILITY RELEASED
 FOR ADOPTION THROUGH PRIVATE PLACEMENT;
   (D) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DOGS AND CATS THE RESEARCH  FACILITY  RELEASED
 FOR  ADOPTION TO ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES, AND ASSOCIATIONS DESCRIBED IN
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION;
   (E) THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH SUCH ORGANIZATION, SOCIETY, AND ASSO-
 CIATION TO WHICH A DOG OR CAT WAS RELEASED BY THE RESEARCH FACILITY  FOR
 ADOPTION; AND
   (F)  THE  NAME  AND ADDRESS OF EACH ORGANIZATION, SOCIETY, AND ASSOCI-
 ATION WITH WHICH THE RESEARCH FACILITY HAS  ENTERED  INTO  AN  AGREEMENT
 UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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2023-A3505A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7287
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §239-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A9137
2021-2022: A636

2023-A3505A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires higher education research facilities to make available certain information regarding the adoption of dogs or cats on their website.

2023-A3505A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3505--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requiring higher
   education research facilities to make  available  certain  information
   regarding the adoption of dogs or cats
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 239-b of  the  education  law,  as
 added  by chapter 240 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdivi-
 sion 4 is added to read as follows:
   2. A facility that is required to offer  dogs  or  cats  for  adoption
 under this section may enter into an agreement with an animal rescue and
 shelter  organization, a duly incorporated society for the prevention of
 cruelty to animals, a duly incorporated humane society, or a duly incor-
 porated animal protective  association  that  operates  physical  animal
 sheltering  facilities  and  offers  household  pets  to  the public for
 adoption by way of an established adoption program[.],  THAT  IS  EXEMPT
 FROM TAXES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION 501 OF
 THE  FEDERAL  INTERNAL  REVENUE  CODE,  26 U.S.C. 501, OR ANY SUBSEQUENT
 CORRESPONDING SECTIONS OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL  REVENUE  CODE,  AS  FROM
 TIME TO TIME AMENDED.
   4.  A  FACILITY  THAT  IS  REQUIRED TO OFFER DOGS OR CATS FOR ADOPTION
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE FACILITY'S WEBSITE:
   (A) AN ADOPTION POLICY THAT  DETAILS  THE  SPECIFIC  STEPS  THAT  SUCH
 FACILITY  TAKES TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF A DOG OR CAT DEEMED SUIT-
 ABLE FOR ADOPTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (B) BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, A  REPORT  THAT
 SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE
 PRECEDING YEAR:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06677-03-3
 A. 3505--A                          2

 
   (I) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF  DOGS  AND  CATS  THE  FACILITY  RELEASED  FOR
 ADOPTION THROUGH PRIVATE PLACEMENT;
   (II)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  DOGS  AND CATS THE FACILITY RELEASED FOR
 ADOPTION TO AN ANIMAL RESCUE AND SHELTER ORGANIZATION, A  DULY  INCORPO-
 RATED  SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, A DULY INCORPO-
 RATED HUMANE SOCIETY, OR A DULY INCORPORATED ANIMAL  PROTECTIVE  ASSOCI-
 ATION  THAT  OPERATES  PHYSICAL  ANIMAL SHELTERING FACILITIES AND OFFERS
 HOUSEHOLD PETS TO THE PUBLIC FOR  ADOPTION  BY  WAY  OF  AN  ESTABLISHED
 ADOPTION PROGRAM; AND
   (III)  A LIST OF ALL SUCH ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS TO
 WHICH A DOG OR CAT WAS RELEASED BY SUCH FACILITY FOR ADOPTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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