| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 01, 2012 |
print number 6502a |
| Jun 01, 2012 |
amend (t) and recommit to agriculture |
| Feb 17, 2012 |
referred to agriculture |
Senate Bill S6502A
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2011-S6502 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9319
- Current Committee:
- Senate Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §373, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2013-2014:
A1083
2015-2016: A686
2017-2018: A4168
2019-2020: A750
2021-2022: A2129
2023-2024: A577
2025-2026: A1648
2011-S6502 - Summary
Relates to the care and collection of abandoned animals on vacant property; requires notification to the appropriate authorities by anyone authorized to be on vacant land where such person finds an animal which based on its physical appearance or lack of available food or water appears abandoned, within six hours of an encounter.
2011-S6502 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6502
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the care
and collection of abandoned animals on vacant property
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL
The purpose of this legislation is to require the notification of an
animal control officer or other authorized agent when authorized persons
encounter an animal that has been abandoned on property vacated through
lease termination, property foreclosure or eviction.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 373 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by adding
subdivisions 2-a and 8. Subdivision 2-a requires those who encounter
animals on foreclosed or abandoned properties to notify an animal
control officer within six hours of discovery. Subdivision 8 ensures
that this law does not limit or restrict animal control officers or the
police from enforcing any other law relating to abandonment of animals
or the humane treatment of or cruelty to animals.
JUSTIFICATION:
As a consequence of the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the broader
economic downturn, residential properties across New York have been
abandoned as owners default or renters are evicted from their homes.
This economic trend has led to a corresponding increase in animal aban-
2011-S6502 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6502
I N S E N A T E
February 17, 2012
___________
Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- 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 the care
and collection of abandoned animals on vacant property
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 373 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
to by adding two new subdivisions 2-a and 8 to read as follows:
2-A. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTIONS THIRTEEN HUNDRED SEVEN AND NINETEEN
HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW OR
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHO IS
AUTHORIZED TO BE ON PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN VACATED AS A RESULT OF AN
EVICTION, PROPERTY FORECLOSURE, FORFEITURE OR DEFAULT ON A MORTGAGE,
TRUST DEED OR LAND SALES CONTRACT, OR ABANDONMENT WHO ENCOUNTERS AN
ABANDONED ANIMAL ON SUCH PROPERTY SHALL PROMPTLY, BUT NOT LATER THAN SIX
HOURS AFTER SUCH ENCOUNTER, NOTIFY THE DOG CONTROL OFFICER, THE POLICE,
OR AGENT OR OFFICER OF A DULY INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ABOUT SUCH ENCOUNTER, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMPTLY
RETRIEVING OR PROVIDING NECESSARY CARE FOR SUCH ANIMAL AT THE PROPERTY
UNTIL THE ANIMAL CAN BE RETRIEVED. ANIMALS REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES
SHALL BE PLACED IN THE CUSTODY OF A POUND, DULY INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR
THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, DULY INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETY,
OR DULY INCORPORATED ANIMAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND CARED FOR IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, SECTION THREE HUNDRED
SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THIS
CHAPTER, AND ALL OTHER LAWS AND ORDINANCES THAT GOVERN THE HUMANE TREAT-
MENT OF ANIMALS. FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL BE A VIOLATION.
8. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT OR RESTRICT IN
ANY WAY AGENTS OR OFFICERS OF SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS OR THE POLICE FROM ENFORCING PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY
OTHER LAW RELATING TO ABANDONMENT OF ANIMALS OR THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF
OR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
2011-S6502A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9319
- Current Committee:
- Senate Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §373, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2013-2014:
A1083
2015-2016: A686
2017-2018: A4168
2019-2020: A750
2021-2022: A2129
2023-2024: A577
2025-2026: A1648
2011-S6502A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the care and collection of abandoned animals on vacant property; requires notification to the appropriate authorities by anyone authorized to be on vacant land where such person finds an animal which based on its physical appearance or lack of available food or water appears abandoned, within six hours of an encounter.
2011-S6502A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6502A
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
care and collection of animals on vacant property
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this legislation is to
require the notification of an animal control officer or other
authorized agent when authorized persons encounter an animal on
property vacated through a lease termination, property foreclosure or
eviction.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends Section 373 of the Agriculture and Markets law to
add a new subdivision 2-a. This new subdivision would require those
authorized persons who encounter animals on foreclosed or abandoned
properties to notify an animal control officer within six hours of
discovery of such an abandoned animal. In addition, the bill language
ensures that this law does not limit or restrict animal control
officers or the police from enforcing any other law relating to
abandonment of animals or the humane treatment of or cruelty to
animals.
JUSTIFICATION:
2011-S6502A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6502--A
I N S E N A T E
February 17, 2012
___________
Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the care
and collection of animals on vacant property
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 373 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
2-A. A. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTIONS THIRTEEN HUNDRED SEVEN AND NINETEEN
HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW OR
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHO IS
AUTHORIZED TO BE ON PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN VACATED AS A RESULT OF AN
EVICTION, PROPERTY FORECLOSURE, FORFEITURE OR DEFAULT ON A MORTGAGE,
TRUST DEED OR LAND SALES CONTRACT, OR ABANDONMENT WHO ENCOUNTERS AN
ANIMAL WHICH BASED ON ITS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OR LACK OF AVAILABLE FOOD
OR WATER APPEARS ABANDONED ON SUCH PROPERTY SHALL PROMPTLY, BUT NOT
LATER THAN SIX HOURS AFTER SUCH ENCOUNTER, NOTIFY THE DOG CONTROL OFFI-
CER, THE POLICE, OR AGENT OR OFFICER OF A DULY INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR
THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ABOUT SUCH ENCOUNTER, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROMPTLY RETRIEVING OR PROVIDING NECESSARY CARE FOR SUCH
ANIMAL AT THE PROPERTY UNTIL THE ANIMAL CAN BE RETRIEVED. ANIMALS
REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES SHALL BE PLACED IN THE CUSTODY OF A POUND,
DULY INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, DULY
INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETY, OR DULY INCORPORATED ANIMAL PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION AND CARED FOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION, SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, AND ALL OTHER LAWS AND ORDINANCES
THAT GOVERN THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTIFI-
CATION AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE A VIOLATION.
B. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT OR RESTRICT IN
ANY WAY AGENTS OR OFFICERS OF SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS OR THE POLICE FROM ENFORCING PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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