[{"type":"bill","id":"S61-2011","title":"Requires all dogs and their owners to successfully complete obedience training","summary":"Requires all dogs and their owners to successfully complete obedience training.","billno":"S61-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S62-2011","title":"Requires the micro-chipping of all dogs, excluding temporarily kept dogs; and creates a state registry to maintain contact information","summary":"Requires the micro-chipping of all dogs; creates a state registry to maintain the identification and contact information on all micro-chipped dogs; provides that such registry shall be available twenty-four hours a day.","billno":"S62-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S80-2011","title":"Relates to the non-therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in animals","summary":"Relates to restrictions on non-therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in animals in the absence of any clinical sign of disease in the animals.","billno":"S80-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"SQUADRON","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S85-2011","title":"Relates to vaccination of egg-laying hens against salmonella","summary":"Relates to vaccination of egg-laying hens against salmonella.","billno":"S85-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"SQUADRON","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S301-2011","title":"Requires farm labor contractors to provide certified copies of payroll records to the commissioner of labor","summary":"Requires farm labor contractors to provide certified copies of payroll records to the commissioner of labor.","billno":"S301-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S540-2011","title":"Provides that the department of agriculture and markets must order a retail food store failing inspection to cease operations or suspend or revoke its license","summary":"Provides that the department of agriculture and markets must order a retail food store failing three consecutive sanitary inspections to cease retail operations or suspend or revoke its license until it passes inspection; also provides for a five hundred dollar fine for stores failing to post inspection reports or make copies available to the public upon request.","billno":"S540-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"KLEIN","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S770-2011","title":"Includes game birds bred pursuant to a game bird license within the definition of \"crops, livestock and livestock products\" for purposes of agricultural districts","summary":"Includes game birds bred pursuant to a game bird license within the definition of \"crops, livestock and livestock products\" for purposes of agricultural districts.","billno":"S770-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S771-2011","title":"Provides that the information collected and maintained by the department of agriculture and markets relating to animals shall be confidential","summary":"Provides that the information collected and maintained by the department of agriculture and markets relating to the registration and identification of premises and animals shall be confidential.","billno":"S771-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S774-2011","title":"Relates to the transportation of bulk milk","summary":"Allows the department of transportation, in conjunction with the department of agriculture and markets, to investigate and resolve any barriers to bulk milk transportation; enables the state department of transportation and the NYC department of transportation to jointly establish weight standards for bulk milk haulers traveling within NYC.","billno":"S774-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S777-2011","title":"Authorizes the production for retail sale and the retail sale of raw, untreated milk for human consumption","summary":"Authorizes the production for retail sale and the retail sale of raw, untreated milk for human consumption.","billno":"S777-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S778-2011","title":"Includes land used for processing or retail merchandising of agricultural products within the real property tax exemption for land used in agricultural production","summary":"Includes land used for processing or retail merchandising of agricultural products within the real property tax exemption for land used in agricultural production.","billno":"S778-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S782-2011","title":"Allows livestock owners to directly purchase killed rabies vaccine for the purpose of vaccinating livestock owned by such livestock owner","summary":"Allows livestock owners to purchase and possess rabies vaccine and to vaccinate their livestock against rabies during emergency rabies outbreak situations as determined by the commissioner of health; provides for the expiration and repeal of such provisions after two years; defines livestock for the purpose of this section.","billno":"S782-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S790-2011","title":"Creates a real property tax exemption for land of a farm operation which is in the process of being certified for the production of organic crops","summary":"Creates a real property tax exemption for land of a farm operation which is in the process of being certified for the production of organic crops.","billno":"S790-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S791-2011","title":"Regulates farm pond dams","summary":"Relates to farm pond dams; defines farm pond dams as dams principally installed to enhance agricultural, environmental and conservation benefits on farms.","billno":"S791-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S793A-2011","title":"Makes provisions relating to retail farm operations","summary":"Makes provisions relating to retail farm operations; defines retail farm operations as a seasonal or annual enterprise operated for the purpose of selling predominantly farm and food products which are in support of agricultural production; includes retail farm operations under the definition of farm operations and the provisions of sound agricultural practices necessary for on-farm production, preparation and marketing.","billno":"S793A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S844-2011","title":"Establishes real property tax abatement for the value of land used for replanting or crop expansion of woody biomass used for the production of ethanol or biodiesel","summary":"Establishes a real property tax abatement for the value of land used for replanting or crop expansion of woody biomass used for the production of ethanol or biodiesel, including willow.","billno":"S844-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S847A-2011","title":"Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes","summary":"Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes.","billno":"S847A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S869-2011","title":"Increases state assistance payments for county approved agricultural and farmland protection plans to 85% of the cost thereof","summary":"Increases state assistance payments for county approved agricultural and farmland protection plans, from 75% to 85% of the cost thereof.","billno":"S869-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"YOUNG","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1239-2011","title":"Provides that no dog shall be restrained by a tethering device attached to a fixed point or to a running cable trolley system for more than six hours per day","summary":"Provides that no dog shall be restrained by a tethering device attached to a fixed point or to a running cable trolley system for more than six hours per day.","billno":"S1239-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"ADDABBO","committee":"AGRICULTURE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1253A-2011","title":"Relates to the sale of birds by pet dealers when such birds have not yet been fully weaned","summary":"Relates to the sale of birds by pet dealers when such birds have not yet been fully weaned.","billno":"S1253A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"ADDABBO","committee":"AGRICULTURE"}]