New York A 6514: Requires duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter to make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of certain animals or provide for the fostering or adoption of such animals

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A06514 Summary:

BILL NOA06514 

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Amd §§117 & 374, Ag & Mkts L

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Requires duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter to make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of certain animals or provide for the fostering or adoption of such animals; provides that such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, checking such animals for identification, social media, placing a photograph and general description, and other identifying information on the internet.

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BILL NOA06514 

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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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 6514

 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 requir-
 ing reasonable efforts be made in determining the owners of certain
 animals

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7-a of section 117 of the agriculture and
 2 markets law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 7-a. Any animal in the custody of a pound or shelter shall, after the
 5 expiration of the appropriate redemption period prescribed by subdivi-
 6 sions six, eight and nine of this section and subject to the provisions
 7 of section three hundred seventy-four of this chapter, be made available
 8 for adoption pursuant to the provisions of subdivision two of section
 9 three hundred seventy-four of this chapter or euthanized subject to
 10 [subdivisions six, eight and nine of this section and subject to] the
 11 provisions of section three hundred seventy-four of this chapter [after
 12 the time for redemption has expired]; provided, however, that such
 13 release may be made to another such pound, duly incorporated society for
 14 the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly incorporated humane society
 15 or duly incorporated animal protective association for the sole purpose
 16 of placing such animal in an adoptive home, when such action is reason-
 17 ably believed to improve the opportunity for adoption.
 18 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 374 of the agriculture and markets law,
 19 as amended by chapter 421 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 20 follows:
 21 2. In the absence of such findings or certification, a duly incorpo-
 22 rated humane society, a duly incorporated society for the prevention of
 23 cruelty to animals, or any pound maintained by or under contract or
 24 agreement with any county, city, town or village [may after five days]

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09671-01-5

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 1 shall, after the expiration of five days or the applicable redemption
 2 period prescribed by subdivisions six, eight and nine of section one
 3 hundred seventeen of this chapter, whichever is longer, make available
 4 for adoption after a reasonably practicable period which is not less
 5 than ninety days or have humanely destroyed in accordance with the
 6 provisions of this section [and subject to subdivisions six, eight and
 7 nine of section one hundred seventeen of this chapter], any animal of
 8 which possession is taken as provided for in the preceding section,
 9 unless the same is earlier redeemed by its owner; provided, however,
 10 that such duly incorporated society, pound or shelter shall make a
 11 reasonable effort to locate the owner of such animal or to provide for
 12 the fostering or adoption of such animal. Such reasonable efforts shall
 13 include, but not be limited to, checking the animal for all forms of
 14 identification, social media, and placing a photograph and general
 15 description of such animal, the breed or breeds and any other identify-
 16 ing information on the internet. For purposes of this subdivision, when
 17 determining a reaso