Section 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.