New York Senate Bill S06573 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6573 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 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