New York Senate Bill S06812 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6812 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the animal abuse hotline The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 63-e 2 to read as follows: 3 § 63-e. Animal abuse hotline. 1. The attorney general shall establish 4 a twenty-four hour animal abuse hotline. The hotline shall be a toll- 5 free number. The attorney general may designate a non-governmental 6 organization specializing in animal protection to administer the hotline 7 established pursuant to the section. The attorney general shall take 8 reasonable efforts to inform the public of the availability of the 9 hotline. 10 2. When any allegation that could reasonably constitute a reportable 11 incident is received by the hotline, the hotline shall accept and imme- 12 diately transmit notice of the report orally and electronically to any 13 appropriate state agencies, local law enforcement agency or non-govern- 14 mental organization specializing in animal protection. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 16 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 17 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 18 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 19 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01101-01-5