NY State Senate Bill 2023-S5030

Senate Bill S5030

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to reimbursement of costs associated with capture and return rehabilitation of animals escaped from slaughterhouses

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Jan 03, 2024	referred to agriculture
Feb 22, 2023	referred to agriculture

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2023-S5030 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A386
Current Committee:: Senate Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Add §96-e-1, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A10593
2017-2018: A4942
2019-2020: A659
2021-2022: S7592, A1301

2023-S5030 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the owner of any place or establishment where animals or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food to reimburse costs associated with capture and return or rescue and rehabilitation of escaped animals.

2023-S5030 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5030

SPONSOR: BRISPORT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
ing the owner of any place or establishment where animals or fowls are
slaughtered or butchered for food to reimburse costs associated with
capture and return or rescue and rehabilitation of escaped animals

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the agriculture and markets law by adding a new
section 96-e-1.

Section two sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Animal control officers, municipal shelters, private animal rescues, and
sanctuaries are often called upon to capture and provide care for
animals that have escaped from live animal markets. For example, after

escaping from a slaughterhouse located in Queens, New York, a cow ran
several blocks through the streets of New York City, surprising motor-
ists and passers-by. Although she avoided capture at first, the five
hundred pound cow was finally caught and subdued with a tranquilizer gun
after a wild chase by the NYPD and local authorities. Similar events
have repeatedly occurred in New York City. As a result of widespread
media attention following such incidents, animal control departments
have been overwhelmed by calls urging the release of these escaped
animals to sanctuaries where they could live out the remainder of their
lives. Escaped animals pose a threat to public safety, place a demand on
limited public resources and animal control officers, and cause private
groups and individuals engaged in animal rescue to incur significant
costs related to capture and rehabilitation (including medical
expenses). This legislation would require the owners of livestock and
fowl slaughter facilities to bear the financial responsibility for
expenses incurred escaped animals, rather than municipalities or private
groups or individuals. In lieu of a penalty, the owner of any place or
establishment may relinquish ownership of an escaped animal.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S7592

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2023-S5030 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5030
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
   ing the owner of any place or establishment where animals or fowls are
   slaughtered or butchered for food to reimburse costs  associated  with
   capture and return or rescue and rehabilitation of escaped animals
 
   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 96-e-1 to read as follows:
   §  96-E-1.  PENALTIES FOR ESCAPED ANIMALS AND FOWL. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION: (A) "ESCAPED ANIMAL" SHALL MEAN ANY ANIMAL  OR  FOWL  THAT
 HAS  BROKEN  FREE  AND  FLED FROM CONFINEMENT OR CONTROL BY ANY PLACE OR
 ESTABLISHMENT WHERE ANIMALS OR FOWLS ARE SLAUGHTERED  OR  BUTCHERED  FOR
 FOOD AND ROAMS OFF THE PREMISES OF SUCH FACILITY; AND
   (B)  "INDIVIDUAL  ENGAGED  IN  ANIMAL  RESCUE"  SHALL MEAN ANY PRIVATE
 PERSON WHO BRINGS UNDER CONTROL ANY ESCAPED ANIMAL.
   2. IN INSTANCES WHERE ANY ANIMAL OR FOWL HAS ESCAPED FROM ANY PLACE OR
 ESTABLISHMENT WHERE ANIMALS OR FOWLS ARE SLAUGHTERED  OR  BUTCHERED  FOR
 FOOD, AS DEFINED BY THIS ARTICLE AND SUCH ANIMAL IS RECOVERED BY ANY LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  OFFICER,  PEACE OFFICER, AUTHORIZED ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER,
 OR INDIVIDUAL ENGAGED IN ANIMAL RESCUE AND DELIVERED BY SUCH PERSONS  TO
 A  MUNICIPAL  ANIMAL  CONTROL  OR RESCUE FACILITY, THE OWNER OF ANY SUCH
 PLACE OR ESTABLISHMENT SHALL BE LIABLE  FOR  THE  REIMBURSEMENT  OF  ANY
 COSTS  INCURRED  BY  THE MUNICIPALITY AND ANIMAL CONTROL OR LOCAL HEALTH
 DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAPTURE AND RETURN  OF  ESCAPED  ANIMALS.
 FOR  EACH  INCIDENT  INVOLVING AN ESCAPED ANIMAL, A CIVIL PENALTY OF ONE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE ASSESSED WHICH SHALL BE DONATED TO THE MUNICI-
 PAL OR COUNTY SHELTER OF THE CITY OR COUNTY WHERE SUCH  ANIMAL  ESCAPED.
 IN  LIEU  OF  CIVIL PENALTY, THE OWNER OF ANY PLACE OR ESTABLISHMENT MAY
 RELINQUISH OWNERSHIP OF AN ESCAPED ANIMAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00758-01-3

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