* § 96-b. License required. 1. No person, firm, partnership or
corporation not granted inspection pursuant to the federal meat
inspection act, the federal poultry products inspection act, article
five-B or article five-D of this chapter shall operate any place or
establishment where animals or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for
food unless such person, firm, partnership or corporation be licensed by
the commissioner. In addition to any other requirements established by
the commissioner, such license shall prohibit the slaughter or
butchering by slaughterhouses of domesticated dog and domesticated cat
to create food, meat, meat by-products or meat food products for human
or animal consumption. An application for license shall be made upon a
form prescribed by the commissioner on or before the first day of May in
every other year, for a two year license period commencing upon the
following first day of June. With the application there shall be paid a
license fee of two hundred dollars.

2. In a city with a population of one million or more, the
commissioner shall not license any person, firm, partnership or
corporation to operate any place or establishment where animals and/or
fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food within a fifteen hundred
foot radius of a residential dwelling. This subdivision shall not apply
to any premises upon which a person, firm, partnership or corporation
has been continuously conducting business as described in this
subdivision from a date prior to the effective date of this subdivision.

3. In addition to any other requirements established by this chapter,
an applicant for a license pursuant to this article shall furnish
evidence: (a) of his or her good character, experience and competency,
(b) that the establishment has adequate facilities and equipment for the
business to be conducted, (c) that the establishment is such that the
cleanliness of the premises can be maintained and (d) that the product
produced therein will not become adulterated.

* NB Effective until August 5, 2028

* § 96-b. License required. No person, firm, partnership or
corporation not granted inspection pursuant to the federal meat
inspection act, the federal poultry products inspection act, article
five-B or article five-D of this chapter shall operate any place or
establishment where animals or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for
food unless such person, firm, partnership or corporation be licensed by
the commissioner. In addition to any other requirements established by
the commissioner, such license shall prohibit the slaughter or
butchering by slaughterhouses of domesticated dog and domesticated cat
to create food, meat, meat by-products or meat food products for human
or animal consumption. An application for license shall be made upon a
form prescribed by the commissioner on or before the first day of May in
every other year, for a two year license period commencing upon the
following first day of June. With the application there shall be paid a
license fee of two hundred dollars.

In addition to any other requirements established by this chapter, an
applicant for a license pursuant to this article shall furnish evidence:
(a) of his or her good character, experience and competency, (b) that
the establishment has adequate facilities and equipment for the business
to be conducted, (c) that the establishment is such that the cleanliness
of the premises can be maintained and (d) that the product produced
therein will not become adulterated.

* NB Effective August 5, 2028