New York S 2338: Relates to eliminating certain surcharges for the licensing of service dogs

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S02338 Summary:

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Amd §110, Ag & Mkts L

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Allows municipalities to eliminate the surcharge for the licensing of service dogs relating to animal population control efforts.

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2338

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 elimi-
 nating certain surcharges for licensing certain service dogs

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 110 of the agriculture and markets
 2 law, as added by section 5 of part T of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 2. Municipalities may exempt from [their] the licensing fees imposed
 5 by subdivision one of this section and the surcharge imposed by subdivi-
 6 sion three of this section any guide dog, hearing dog, service dog, war
 7 dog, working search dog, detection dog, police work dog or therapy dog.
 8 Each copy of any license for such dogs shall be conspicuously marked
 9 "Guide Dog", "Hearing Dog", "Service Dog", "Working Search Dog", "War
 10 Dog", "Detection Dog", "Police Work Dog", or "Therapy Dog", as may be
 11 appropriate, by the clerk or authorized dog control officer.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 13 ing the date on which it shall become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05423-01-5

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