Senate Bill S5341

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the licensing of pet grooming facilities; establishes standards of care and required record keeping

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection 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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2023-S5341 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2718
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 29-CCC §§539 - 545, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9663

2023-S5341 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the licensing of pet grooming facilities; establishes standards of care and required record keeping.

2023-S5341 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5341 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5341
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  the  licensing
   of pet grooming facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 29-CCC to read as follows:
 
                              ARTICLE 29-CCC
                    LICENSING OF PET GROOMING FACILITIES
 
 SECTION 539. DEFINITIONS.
         540. STANDARD OF CARE.
         541. RECORD KEEPING.
         542. LICENSE REQUIRED.
         543. LICENSE REFUSAL, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.
         544. INSPECTIONS.
         545. VIOLATIONS.
 
   § 539. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "PET" MEANS AN ANIMAL AS DEFINED BY  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
   2.  "PET  GROOMING FACILITY" MEANS A BUSINESS PERMANENTLY OPERATING IN
 NEW YORK STATE, INCLUDING MOBILE FACILITIES, WHERE A PET MAY BE  BATHED,
 DRIED,  BRUSHED,  CLIPPED  OR STYLED, AND (I) PET GROOMING IS THE ESTAB-
 LISHMENT'S PREDOMINANT SOURCE OF SALES, OR (II)  PET  GROOMING  SERVICES
 ARE  OFFERED  WITHIN  A RETAIL STORE.  A PET GROOMING FACILITY SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE ANY SELF-SERVICE PET  GROOMING  FACILITIES,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO BUSINESSES SUCH AS CAR WASH FACILITIES WHERE PET GROOMING IS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05713-01-3
              

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