NY Agric & Mkts L § 74 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5 - Diseases of Domestic Animals; Calves and Veal; Pure Bred Stock; Certificates of Registry. 74 - Regulations Relating to Importation.

§ 74. Regulations  relating to importation.  The following regulations   shall apply to the importation of domestic or feral animals:1. No person shall knowingly bring into this  state  any  domestic  or   feral  animal which has an infectious or communicable disease, except in   the case of pure bred registered bovine animals which have been  removed   from  this  state and have reacted to the tuberculin or other recognized   test subsequent to such removal, may be  returned  to  this  state  upon   written permission from the commissioner subject to such rules as he may   prescribe in relation thereto.2.  Any  person bringing into this state domestic or feral animals for   any purpose other than immediate slaughter without taking precaution  to   ascertain  whether  such  animals  have  an  infectious  or communicable   disease shall be presumed to have brought them in knowingly in violation   of this section, if they are found to have such disease.3. Animals received from outside the state under  the  supervision  of   the  United  States  department  of  agriculture  or  the  department of   agriculture and markets of the state of New York, or for which a  permit   or  certificate  shall  have  been issued by either of such departments,   shall be deemed to have been handled with due precaution.4. Any person importing or bringing into this state  meat  cattle  for   dairy  or  breeding purposes shall report immediately upon bringing such   cattle into the state to the department, in writing, stating the  number   of  cattle  thus  brought  in,  the places where they were procured, the   lines over which they were brought, their destination within  the  state   and  when they arrive thereat; and if there be filed with the department   at the time of filing such report  or  within  ten  days  thereafter,  a   certificate by a duly authorized veterinary practitioner approved by the   authorities  of  the  state  in  which  he  resides  or by an authorized   veterinary inspector of the United States bureau of animal  industry  to   the effect that he has duly examined such animals and that they are free   from  any infectious or communicable disease, the commissioner may issue   a permit to such person to remove  such  cattle  immediately.  Otherwise   such person shall detain such animals at the point of destination for at   least  twenty  days for inspection or examination by the commissioner or   his duly authorized agent. The provisions of this  subdivision  relating   to  advance reports to the department shall not apply to cattle imported   into this state at a point where there is federal inspection.5. Persons bringing into this state or  receiving  domestic  or  feral   animals  from without the state shall give such other information to the   department as it may from time to time request relating to such animals.6. The commissioner may order all or any animals coming into the state   to be detained at any place or places for  inspection  and  examination,   and  if  any  of  them  after  due examintion be found affected with any   infectious or communicable disease, such animals shall be condemned  and   slaughtered or held in strict quarantine.7.  Each  animal  brought  into  the  state in violation of any of the   provisions of this article shall  constitute  a  separate  and  distinct   violation.8.  Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent or   make unlawful the transportation of domestic or  feral  animals  through   this state on railroads or boats.9.  The  commissioner  is  hereby authorized, after public hearing, to   adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement  and  give  full   effect   to   the  provisions  of  this  section,  including  rules  and   regulations requiring a permit for the importation of domestic or  feral   animals into the state.10.  For  the  purposes  of this section, a feral animal shall mean an   undomesticated or wild animal.