New York A 6535: Provides for the humane destruction or other disposition of certain animals

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A06535 Summary:

BILL NOA06535 

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Amd §§117 & 374, Ag & Mkts L

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Provides for the humane destruction or other disposition of certain animals by shelters; requires animals to be made available for adoption for 90 days unless a veterinarian certifies that such animal should be humanely destroyed for health reasons.

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BILL NOA06535 

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03/05/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6535

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. TANNOUSIS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
 humane destruction or other disposition of certain animals by a duly
 incorporated humane society or society for the prevention of cruelty
 to animals, dog control officer, or any police officer

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 6, 7, 7-a, 8, 9 and 11 of section 117 of the
 2 agriculture and markets law, such section as renumbered by section 12 of
 3 part T of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, subdivisions 6, 9 and 11 as
 4 added by chapter 220 of the laws of 1978, subdivision 7 as amended by
 5 section 13 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, subdivision 7-a
 6 as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 2011 and subdivision 8 as
 7 amended by chapter 221 of the laws of 1978, are amended to read as
 8 follows:
 9 6. Promptly upon seizure of any identified dog, the owner of record of
 10 such dog shall be notified personally or by certified mail, return
 11 receipt requested, of the facts of seizure and the procedure for redemp-
 12 tion. If notification is personally given, such dog shall be held for a
 13 period of seven days after day of notice, during which period the dog
 14 may be redeemed by the owner. If such notification is made by mail, such
 15 dog shall be held for a period of nine days from the date of mailing,
 16 during which period the dog may be redeemed by the owner. In either
 17 case, the owner may redeem such dog upon payment of the impoundment fees
 18 prescribed by subdivision four of this section and by producing proof
 19 that the dog has been licensed, provided, however, that the notification
 20 requirements and redemption rights provided by this subdivision are
 21 inapplicable if the owner relinquished possession and control of the dog
 22 pursuant to subdivision one of section three hundred seventy-four of
 23 this chapter and such dog shall be made available for adoption subject

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09668-01-5

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 1 to subdivision seven, seven-a, eight and nine of this section and
 2 subject to the provisions of subdivisions two and three of section three
 3 hundred seventy-four of this chapter.
 4 7. An owner shall forfeit title to any dog unredeemed at the expira-
 5 tion of the appropriate redemption period prescribed by subdivisions
 6 six, eight and nine of this section and subject to the provisions of
 7 section three hundred seventy-four of this chapter, and the dog shall
 8 then be made available for adoption [or euthanized] subject to [subdivi-
 9 sions six, eight and nine] subdivision seven-a of this section and
 10 subject to the provisions of section three hundred seventy-four of this
 11 chapter or euthanized subject to the provisions of section three hundred
 12 seventy-four of this chapter. Any municipality may by local law or ordi-
 13 nance establish additional conditions for adoption including the
 14 requirement that adopted dogs shall be spayed or neutered before or
 15 after release from custody upon such terms and conditions as the munici-
 16 pality may establish.
 17 7-a. Any animal in the custody of a pound or shelter shall, after the
 18 expiration of the appropriate redemption period prescribed by s