Senate Bill S7161

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture 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-S7161 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2795
Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A7533

2023-S7161 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include purpose-bred animals raised for research, service animals, working dogs or any working animals in service on a farm.

2023-S7161 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7161 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7161
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- 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  expand-
   ing the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph m to read as follows:
   M. PURPOSE-BRED ANIMALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I)  ALL  TYPES
 OF WORKING DOGS AS DEFINED IN SECTION NINETY OF THE STATE LAW, INCLUDING
 BUT  NOT LIMITED TO: (A) LAW ENFORCEMENT DOGS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO DETENTION DOGS, POLICE WORK DOGS, DOGS USED BY THE MILITARY,  PROTEC-
 TIVE  SECURITY  AND  WORKING  SEARCH  DOGS, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER; (B)  PERSONAL  SERVICE  DOGS,
 INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO SERVICE DOGS, THERAPY DOGS, GUIDE DOGS AND
 HEARING DOGS AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER;  AND  (C)  LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE CONTROL DOGS, WHICH FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL INCLUDE ANY DOG THAT IS TRAINED  TO  HERD
 AND/OR PROTECT LIVESTOCK OR CONTROL BIRD AND/OR WILDLIFE POPULATIONS AND
 IS  ACTUALLY  OR  HAS  BEEN  USED  FOR SUCH PURPOSES; (II) OTHER SERVICE
 ANIMALS AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE-B OF  THIS  CHAP-
 TER;  AND  (III) ANY RESEARCH ANIMAL, WHICH FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE
 SHALL INCLUDE ANY ANIMAL THAT IS RAISED OR MAINTAINED  SPECIFICALLY  FOR
 THE  PURPOSE  OF REGULATED BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND
 WELLNESS OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04383-01-3

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