New York A 547: Amends the definitions of pet dealers

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A00547 Summary:

BILL NOA00547 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRRosenthal, DiPietro, Weprin, Glick, Mikulin, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §400, Ag & Mkts L; amd §752, Gen Bus L

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Amends the definitions of pet dealers; decreases the number of animals a person can distribute to fit under the exemption.

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BILL NOA00547 

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01/08/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 547

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, ROSENTHAL, DiPIETRO, WEPRIN, GLICK, MIKU-
 LIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the general business
 law, in relation to the definition of pet dealer

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 400 of the agri-
 2 culture and markets law, as amended by chapter 553 of the laws of 2022,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) Any breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to the consumer
 5 fewer than [twenty-five] fifteen animals per year that are born and
 6 raised on the breeder's residential premises;
 7 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 752 of the general
 8 business law, as amended by chapter 168 of the laws of 2017, is amended
 9 to read as follows:
 10 (a) Any breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to the consumer
 11 fewer than [twenty-five] fifteen animals per year that are born and
 12 raised on the breeders residential premises.
 13 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 752 of the general
 14 business law, as amended by chapter 683 of the laws of 2022, is
 15 amended to read as follows:
 16 (a) Any breeder who sells or offers to sell directly to the consumer
 17 fewer than [twenty-five] fifteen animals per year that are born and
 18 raised on the breeders residential premises.
 19 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 20 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to
 21 paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 752 of the general business
 22 law made by section three of this act shall take effect on the same date
 23 and in the same manner as chapter 683 of the laws of 2022, takes effect.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02085-01-5

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