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                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                      (PREFILED)

                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
         sale of dogs born on puppy mills by pet dealers

         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  753-f to read as follows:
    3    S  753-F.  RESTRICTION ON SALE OF DOGS BORN ON PUPPY MILLS. 1. FOR THE
    4  PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION "PUPPY  MILL"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  BUSINESS  WHICH
    5  BREEDS  DOGS  FOR  SALE  TO PET DEALERS AND SELLS OR TRANSFERS MORE THAN
    6  SEVENTY-FIVE DOGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESALE TO OTHERS.
    7    2. A PET DEALER OR OTHER PERSON SHALL NOT SELL,  PURCHASE  OR  RECEIVE
    8  ANY PUPPY BRED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED BY A PUPPY MILL.
    9    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   10  have become a law.





        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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