New York Assembly Bill A00173 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 173 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the administration of rabies vaccine to livestock and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new 2 section 89-a to read as follows: 3 § 89-a. Administration of rabies vaccine. (1) Notwithstanding any 4 other section of law, any livestock owner may directly purchase killed 5 rabies vaccine for the sole purpose of vaccinating livestock owned by 6 such livestock owner. Livestock vaccinated in such a manner without the 7 direct or supervisory participation of a veterinarian will not be 8 considered as vaccinated by the department of health, the department of 9 agriculture and markets, or any other department, agency, or agent of 10 the state for the purposes of matters involving state action or policy 11 towards livestock, including, but not limited to, quarantine in the case 12 of a rabies outbreak or local rabies emergency, and eligibility for 13 participation in the New York state fair or any county or local fair run 14 by any political subdivision of the state of New York. Livestock vacci- 15 nated pursuant to this section shall not be eligible for indemnification 16 for rabies as provided for in article six-A of this chapter if it is 17 determined that such vaccinations, conducted without the direct or 18 supervisory participation of a veterinarian, contributed to the damages 19 to the animal. 20 (2) For purposes of this section, the term "livestock" shall mean 21 cattle and horses and any species of livestock that are indicated on the 22 vaccine label or package insert. The term "livestock" shall not mean 23 dogs and cats. All killed rabies vaccines must be administered in EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01938-01-3 
 A. 173 2 1 accordance with the specifications of the product label or package 2 insert. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 4 deemed repealed 2 years after such effective date.