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NY Agric & Mkts L § 173-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 15 - Bee Diseases 173-A - Definitions.

* § 173-a. Definitions. When used in this article:1.  "Apiary"  shall  mean  any location used for raising honey bees or   producing honey or other bee related products.2. "Colony" shall mean any production unit of bees.3. "Nucleus colony or nucs" shall mean a starter colony, consisting of   a laying queen and up to five frames of brood and bees.4. "Beekeeper" shall mean any  individual  or  entity  that  maintains   managed  honey  bees  for profit, research, recreational, or educational   purposes.5. "Queen" shall mean the single reproductive female in  a  colony  of   honey bees.6.  "Brood  comb"  shall mean the beeswax structure of cells where the   queen bee lays eggs in which immature bees are reared.* NB Effective December 23, 2021
NY Agric & Mkts L § 173-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 15 - Bee Diseases 173-B - Eradication of Bee Diseases and Certain Insects Affecting Bees.

* §  173-b.  Eradication of bee diseases and certain insects affecting   bees. The commissioner may cause inspections to be made of  apiaries  in   the  state  for  the discovery of infectious, contagious or communicable   diseases and for  the  discovery  of  insects  and  parasitic  organisms   adversely affecting bees, and for the discovery of species or subspecies   of  bees  which have been determined by him to cause injury, directly or   indirectly, to this state's managed  bee  population,  crops,  or  other   plants.  The  commissioner shall provide a beekeeper or such beekeeper's   designated agent with reasonable advance notice of any inspection of  an   apiary.  The commissioner may also cause investigations to be made as to   the best method for the eradication of  diseases  of  bees,  insects  or   parasitic  organisms adversely affecting bees, or for the eradication of   species or  subspecies  of  bees  which  have  been  determined  by  the   commissioner  to  cause  injury, directly or indirectly, to this state's   managed bee population, crops, or other plants and the commissioner  may   plan and execute appropriate methods for such eradication.The  commissioner  shall  have  access  to  all  apiaries, structures,   appliances, buildings, vehicles, airplanes, vessels  or  premises  where   bees  or  honey  or  comb used in apiaries may be and may open any hive,   colony, package or receptacle  of  any  kind  containing  or  which  the   commissioner  has  reason  to  believe  contains  any  bees,  comb,  bee   products, used beekeeping appliances, or anything else which is  capable   of  transmitting  contagious  or infectious diseases of bees or which is   capable of harboring insects or parasitic organisms adversely  affecting   bees, or species or subspecies of bees which have been determined by the   commissioner  to  cause  injury, directly or indirectly, to this state's   managed bee population, crops, or other plants.* NB Effective December 23, 2021
NY Agric & Mkts L § 175-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 15 - Bee Diseases 175-A - Review by Court.

* § 175-c. Review  by  court.  The  action  of  the  commissioner on a   request for review as authorized by  section  one  hundred  seventy-five   herein  may  be reviewed in the manner provided by article seventy-eight   of the civil practice law and rules,  provided,  however,  that  a  stay   shall  not  be  granted  by the court or a justice thereof pending final   determination of the matter except on notice to  the  commissioner.  The   decision  of  the  commissioner shall be final unless within thirty days   from the receipt of written notice thereof a proceeding is instituted to   review the same.* NB Effective until December 23, 2021* §  175-a. Review  by  court.  The   final   determination   of   the   commissioner  on  a  hearing as authorized by subdivision six of section   one hundred seventy-four of this article may be reviewed in  the  manner   provided  by  article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules,   provided, however, that a stay shall not be granted by the  court  or  a   justice  thereof  pending  final  determination  of the matter except on   notice to the commissioner. The determination of the commissioner  after   the  opportunity  for  a  hearing  and any hearing shall be final unless   within thirty  days  from  the  receipt  of  written  notice  thereof  a   proceeding is instituted to review the same.* NB Effective December 23, 2021
NY Agric & Mkts L § 175-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 15 - Bee Diseases 175-B - Violations; Remedies.

* § 175-d. Violations;  remedies.  The commissioner may institute such   action at law or in equity as may be  necessary  to  enforce  compliance   with  any  provision  of  this  article  or  of  any  rule or regulation   promulgated thereunder and in addition to any other remedy prescribed in   article three of this chapter or  otherwise  may  apply  for  relief  by   injunction  if  necessary  to  protect  the  public  interest or abate a   nuisance as defined in this article without alleging or proving that  an   adequate  remedy  at law does not exist. Such application may be made to   the supreme court in any district or county as  provided  by  the  civil   practice  act  and the rules of practice of the court, or to the supreme   court in the third judicial district.* NB Effective until December 23, 2021* § 175-b. Violations; remedies. The commissioner may  institute  such   action  at  law  or  in equity as may be necessary to enforce compliance   with any provision  of  this  article  or  of  any  rule  or  regulation   promulgated thereunder and in addition to any other remedy prescribed in   article  three  of  this  chapter  or  otherwise may apply for relief by   injunction if necessary to  protect  the  public  interest  or  abate  a   nuisance  as defined in this article without alleging or proving that an   adequate remedy at law does not exist. Such application may be  made  to   the  supreme  court in any district or county as provided civil practice   law and rules and the rules of practice of the court, or to the  supreme   court in the third judicial district.* NB Effective December 23, 2021
NY Agric & Mkts L § 175-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 15-A - Sales of Baby Chicks 175-M - Offering Baby Chicks for Sale.

§ 175-m. Offering  baby  chicks  for  sale. Before any baby chicks are   offered for sale at public auction or community sale, except baby chicks   that have been duly entered  and  exhibited  at  public  exhibitions,  a   permit  shall  be  granted  to  offer  such  baby chicks for sale by the   department of agriculture and markets as provided in this  article.  The   term  "baby  chicks,"  as  used in this article, means any domestic fowl   under the age of six weeks.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 175-N (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 15-A - Sales of Baby Chicks 175-N - Application for Permit; Fee.

§ 175-n. Application for permit; fee.  Any person who desires to offer   baby chicks for sale at public auction or community sale shall apply for   a  permit  to  do  so  prior  to  the  date  of the proposed sale to the   department  of  agriculture  and  markets  on  a  form  which  shall  be   prescribed  and  furnished  by such department. The application shall be   signed by the person who proposes to conduct such sale. The  application   shall  designate the date of the proposed sale, the number and the breed   of the baby chicks which are to be offered for sale, and the  person  by   whom they were produced, and shall be accompanied by a fee in the sum of   ten  dollars  for  each  and  every day or fraction thereof during or on   which it is proposed to sell baby chicks. The department of  agriculture   and  markets is hereby authorized in its discretion to grant or deny the   permit  requested  in  such  application.    If  the  department   deems   advisable, it may require the applicant, as a condition precedent to the   granting  of  such  permit,  to submit a certificate in such form as the   department may prescribe, certifying that the baby chicks which  are  to   be  offered  for  sale are in a healthy condition and free from any such   disease as the department may designate.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 175-O (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 15-A - Sales of Baby Chicks 175-O - Containers; Labels.

§ 175-o. Containers;  labels.  Before any such baby chicks are offered   for sale or sold, each box, crate, coop  or  other  container  shall  be   plainly  labeled  with  appropriate  statements designating the kind and   number of chicks in each such container, the date on which  such  chicks   were  hatched  and  by  whom  hatched,  whether such chicks are sexed or   unsexed, and, if sexed,  such  container  shall  designate  whether  the   contents   are   cockerel   chicks  or  pullet  chicks,  and  any  other   representations made at or prior to the time of  sale  relative  to  the   purity of the breed and such tests as shall have been made on the parent   stock for pullorum disease (bacillary white diarrhea).
NY Agric & Mkts L § 175-P (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 15-A - Sales of Baby Chicks 175-P - Reports of Sale.

§ 175-p. Reports  of  sale.    Within  three days after the sale under   permit, as provided in this article, shall have been  held,  the  person   who conducted the sale shall send a statement to the department giving a   complete  list  of the number and kind of baby chicks sold at such sale,   together with  the  representations  and  guarantees  made  in  relation   thereto, if any were made by the person who conducted such sale, and the   person  conducting such sale shall be held to have had full knowledge of   the representations and guarantees made at the time  of  such  sale  and   shall  be  as  fully responsible and liable for any such representations   and guarantees as is the person who set forth such  representations  and   guarantees  on  the  containers  as  provided  in  section  one  hundred   seventy-five-o of this chapter.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 175-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 15-A - Sales of Baby Chicks 175-Q - Rules and Regulations of Department.

§ 175-q. Rules  and  regulations  of  department.    The department of   agriculture and markets is hereby authorized  to  make  such  rules  and   regulations  as  may  be  necessary to administer the provisions of this   article.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 175-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 15-A - Sales of Baby Chicks 175-R - Violations.

§ 175-r. Violations.    Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the   provisions of this article shall be guilty of a  misdemeanor,  and  upon   conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 176 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 176 - Declaration of Policy and Purpose.

§ 176. Declaration of policy and purpose. The legislature hereby finds   and  declares that voluntary and orderly conversion to the metric system   of weights and measures is of vital importance to  the  economy  of  the   state.  It  is  hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to   encourage the gradual implementation of the metric system throughout the   state's  government,  industry,  commerce,   business,   education   and   agriculture. This article is enacted in the exercise of the public power   in  order to encourage such implementation and to provide a revised code   of weights and measures which will be  responsive  to  the  present  and   future  needs of commerce, industry and consumers. The legislature finds   and declares that the coordination and administration  of  this  unitary   regulatory  system  governing  weights and measures throughout the state   should be, and is hereby, vested in the commissioner of agriculture  and   markets  and that enforcement of this article by the counties and cities   of the state shall be under his supervision.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 177 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 177 - Authorized Systems of Weights and Measures; Basic Units.

§ 177. Authorized systems of weights and measures; basic units. 1. The   metric  system  of  weights  and  measures and the system of weights and   measures in customary use in the United States are  jointly  recognized,   and  either  system shall be used for all commercial purposes within the   state. However, the International Metric System ("SI"),  as  defined  in   the  Metric  Conversion Act of nineteen hundred seventy-five (Public Law   94-168) and as such definition  may  hereafter  be  amended,  is  hereby   adopted as the preferred system within the state.2. The definitions of basic units of weight and measure, the tables of   weight and measure, and weights and measures equivalents as published by   the  national  bureau  of  standards  or its successor organization, the   national institute of standards and technology,  of  the  United  States   department  of  commerce  are  recognized  and shall govern weighing and   measuring equipment and transactions in the state.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 178 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 178 - Physical Standards of Weights and Measures.

§ 178. Physical   standards  of  weights  and  measures.  The  primary   standards within this state shall be the weights and measures  furnished   by the government of the United States, based upon the federal prototype   standards,  and such other standards as may be received from the federal   government in addition thereto or in renewal thereof, as well  as  other   standards  which may be added by the state department of agriculture and   markets and certified  by  the  national  bureau  of  standards  or  its   successor   organization,   the  national  institute  of  standards  and   technology.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 182 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 182 - Notification and Use of Weighing and Measuring Devices.

§ 182. Notification  and  use  of  weighing  and measuring devices. No   person shall use, for the purpose of determining the weight, quantity or   price of any commodity sold, or offered or exposed for  sale,  any  new,   used  or  repaired  weighing or measuring device or system, or accessory   related thereto, unless he or she has  first  notified  the  appropriate   municipal  director of weights and measures in writing, or by such other   means as the director may deem  acceptable,  of  such  intended  use  or   unless  such  device, system or accessory has been inspected, tested and   sealed. Each installation or repair shall be made  in  conformance  with   specifications,  tolerances  and  variations allowable as established by   the commissioner.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 183 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 183 - Sealing of Approved Devices.

§ 183. Sealing  of  approved  devices.    1.  Whenever any weights and   measures official inspects any weighing or measuring  device  or  system   and finds that it corresponds with, or causes it to correspond with, the   standards  in  his  possession,  and  further  finds  that  it meets the   specifications, tolerances and variations allowable  as  established  by   the commissioner, he or she shall attach an appropriate official seal to   such  device  or system, or a security seal, as appropriate for purposes   of this subdivision. The term "official seal"  shall  mean  an  approval   notice, decal or label affixed to a device or system indicating that the   device  or  system has been inspected by a weights and measures official   and found to be in compliance as described in  this  section.  The  term   "security  seal"  shall mean a wire or paper seal or similar nonreusable   closure  or  an  electronic  audit  trail,   used   to   indicate   that   modifications or adjustments have been made to a device or system.2. No person, except a weights and measures official, shall remove any   official  seal  or  security  seal  from  any such weighing or measuring   device or system, or obliterate or deface any such seal or cause any  of   the  foregoing,  except  that the device owner, or his or her agent, may   remove a seal to perform repairs and maintenance  provided  that  he  or   she:  (a)  has  first  notified  the  appropriate  municipal director of   weights and measures as set forth in section one hundred  eighty-two  of   this article; (b) otherwise complies with section one hundred eighty-two   of  this  article;  and  (c) in the case of a security seal, replaces it   with an equivalent security seal.3. All users of commercial weighing or measuring  devices  or  systems   shall  permit  the inspection and testing of the same by any weights and   measures official for the purpose of emplacing or examining such seals.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 184 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 184 - Condemnation, Seizure or Repair of False Devices.

§ 184. Condemnation,  seizure or repair of false devices. 1.  Whenever   any weights and measures official inspects  any  weighing  or  measuring   device  or  system  and  finds  that  it  does  not  correspond with the   standards in  his  possession  or  does  not  meet  the  specifications,   tolerances  and variations allowable as established by the commissioner,   he shall condemn the same and either seize it or order  it  repaired  or   removed.  In  the case of seizure, such device or system may be disposed   of only as directed by the commissioner or his authorized agent.2. No person  shall  use  or  attempt  to  use,  for  the  purpose  of   determining  the  weight,  quantity  or  price of any commodity sold, or   offered or exposed for sale, any weighing or measuring device or  system   to  which there has been affixed or upon which there has been placed any   condemnation tag unless such condemnation tag has been removed therefrom   by a weights and measures official.3. No person, except a weights and  measures  official,  shall  remove   from  any  weighing  or  measuring device or system any condemnation tag   which has been affixed thereto or placed thereon or  obliterate,  cover,   obstruct or deface the same or cause any of the foregoing.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 185 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 185 - Stop-Use, Stop-Removal and Removal Orders.

§ 185. Stop-use,  stop-removal  and removal orders. 1. Any weights and   measures official  shall  have  the  power  to  issue  stop-use  orders,   stop-removal   orders  and  removal  orders  with  respect  to  weights,   measures, and weighing and  measuring  devices  and  systems,  being  or   susceptible of being commercially used, and to issue stop-removal orders   and  removal  orders  with respect to packages or amounts of commodities   kept, offered or exposed for  sale,  sold  or  in  process  of  delivery   whenever  in  the  course  of  his enforcement of the provisions of this   article he deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders.2. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, or remove  or  fail  to   remove from the premises specified, as appropriate, any weight, measure,   weighing  or  measuring  device  or  system, package, commodity or other   thing, contrary to the terms of any order issued under the authority  of   this section.3. A "stop-use order", when used in this section, shall mean any order   or written notice declaring that the device, system or other thing being   used  is  in contravention of this article and such use shall be stopped   or discontinued.4. A "stop-removal order", when used in this section, shall  mean  any   order  or written notice declaring that the device, system, commodity or   other thing being used or handled is in contravention  of  this  article   and  shall  be  removed from use or sale for a reasonable period of time   pending correction.5. A "removal order", when used in this section, shall mean any  order   or  written  notice  declaring that the device, system, commodity or any   other thing being used or handled is in contravention  of  this  article   and shall be permanently removed from use or sale.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 186 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 186 - Possession and Use of False Devices; Responsibility.

§ 186. Possession  and  use  of  false devices; responsibility. 1.  No   person shall retain in his possession any weight,  measure  or  weighing   and  measuring  device or system, knowing it to be false, with intent to   use it or permit  to  be  used  for  determining  the  quantity  of  any   commodity.  Possession  of  the  same shall be prima facie evidence of a   violation of this section.2. For the purpose of purchase, sale or service, no person shall use a   false weight, measure, device or system for determining the quantity  of   any  commodity.    If  the seller furnishes the weight or measure of the   commodity sold, he shall not sell or deliver less of any such  commodity   than  the  quantity  represented  to be sold; if the buyer furnishes the   weight or measure of the commodity purchased, he shall  not  receive  or   accept  more  of  any such commodity than the quantity represented to be   purchased.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 187 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 187 - Oscillation of Weighing Devices.

§ 187. Oscillation of weighing devices. No person selling, or offering   for  sale  a commodity by net weight shall quote or state the net weight   or the total selling price of such commodity unless the weight indicator   of the weighing device on which it is being weighed is at rest.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 188 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 188 - Service Charge Based on Quantity.

§ 188. Service  charge  based  on  quantity.  No person shall impose a   service charge which is based upon quantity  in  excess  of  the  actual   quantity   of  any  commodity  or  article  serviced.  Nothing  in  this   provision, however, shall prohibit the person or persons  rendering  the   service from establishing a minimum charge therefor; such minimum charge   to  apply to all quantities up to and including a fixed limit regardless   of the actual weight or measure of the commodity involved.  In the event   of the establishment of a minimum charge, the dispenser of  the  service   shall  inform  the  person  receiving  the  service, by advertisement or   otherwise, of the terms of such minimum charge.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 189 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 16 - Weights and Measures 189 - Method of Sale of Commodities Generally.

§ 189. Method  of  sale of commodities generally. All commodities, the   method of sale of which is not prescribed  by  this  chapter,  shall  be   sold,  or offered or exposed for sale by net weight, standard measure or   numerical count pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner.   Such  regulations  may  prescribe  the  method  of  sale  for   specific   commodities  or  categories of commodities and may authorize a method of   sale  other  than  those  prescribed  in  this  section   whenever   the   commissioner  finds that such other method is appropriate and consistent   with the interests of consumers.