New York A 6601: Requires the commissioner of agriculture and markets to identify and develop standards for therapy dogs

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A06601 Summary:

BILL NOA06601A

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SAME ASSAME AS S05771

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 33-C §§698 & 698-a, Gen Bus L

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Requires original manufacturers of agricultural equipment to make certain documentation, parts, and tools required for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of agricultural equipment available, on fair and reasonable terms, to independent repair providers and owners of agricultural equipment manufactured and sold on or after July 1, 2015.

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BILL NOA06601A

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03/06/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

03/13/2025amend (t) and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

03/13/2025print number 6601a

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6601--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to enacting the
 "farm equipment fair repair act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "farm equipment fair repair act".
 3 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 33-C
 4 to read as follows:

 5 ARTICLE 33-C
 6 AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT RIGHT TO REPAIR

 7 Section 698. Definitions.
 8 698-a. Agricultural equipment repair; rights of consumers.
 9 § 698. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following
 10 terms shall have the following meanings:
 11 1. "Authorized repair provider" means an individual or business who
 12 has an arrangement with the original equipment manufacturer under which
 13 such original equipment manufacturer grants to such individual or busi-
 14 ness a license to use a trade name, service mark, or other proprietary
 15 identifiers for the purposes of offering the services of diagnosis,
 16 maintenance, or repair of agricultural equipment under the name of such
 17 original equipment manufacturer, or other arrangement with such original
 18 equipment manufacturer to offer such services on behalf of, or under
 19 contract to, such original equipment manufacturer. An original equipment
 20 manufacturer who offers the services of diagnosis, maintenance, or
 21 repair of its own agricultural equipment shall be considered an author-
 22 ized repair provider with respect to such equipment.
 23 2. "Agricultural equipment" or "equipment" means any device, instru-
 24 ment or machinery used in agriculture, horticulture, viticulture, dairy

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08785-02-5

 A. 6601--A 2

 1 farming, livestock farming, poultry and/or beef raising, forestry, prop-
 2 erty maintenance and in the production of any and all products raised or
 3 produced on farms and processed or manufactured products thereof, trans-
 4 ported or intended to be transported in interstate and/or foreign
 5 commerce.
 6 3. "Documentation" means any manual, maintenance procedures, func-
 7 tional and wiring diagrams, reporting output, service code description,
 8 board view file or complete PCB layout, PCB schematic, security code,
 9 password, training material, troubleshooting information, full list of
 10 required tools, full parts list, and other guidance or information used
 11 in effecting the services of diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of agri-
 12 cultural equipment.
 13 4. "Embedded software" means any programmable instructions provided on
 14 firmware delivered with or loaded to agricultural equipment, with
 15 respect to such agricultural equipment's operation, including all rele-
 16 vant patches and fixes made by the manufacturer, including but not
 17 limited to items described as a basic internal operating system, an
 18 internal operating