New York Assembly Bill A01698 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1698 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the recovery of a deceased dog or cat on public roads 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 377-b to read as follows: 3 § 377-b. Recovery of a deceased dog or cat on public roads. Any state 4 or municipal official that recovers the body of a dog or cat killed on a 5 public road shall make a reasonable effort to detect indicia of owner- 6 ship, such as tags, license numbers, or other such identifiers on or 7 about the animal and shall make a reasonable effort to notify the owner 8 or an animal management service concerning the animal's death. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 10 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03746-01-5