Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 04, 2017 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Senate Bill S120
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S120 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S120 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits the possession and transport of certain animals and body parts thereof at airports and port facilities owned or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; includes the big five African species, species determined to be endangered by the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation, those that appear on the list of nongame species or appear on any federal list of endangered or threatened species, or has been proposed to be included on any such list.
2017-S120 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S120 TITLE OF BILL : An act prohibiting the possession and transport of certain animals and body parts thereof at airports and port facilities owned or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey PURPOSE : To prohibit the possession and transport of certain animals and body parts thereof at airports and port facilities owned or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one sets forth the definition section and creates a new section of law that prohibits the importation of priority species into facilities owned and/or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and subjects violators to criminal and financial sanctions. Section two sets forth the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : This new section of law would prevent the importation of certain
2017-S120 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 120 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT prohibiting the possession and transport of certain animals and body parts thereof at airports and port facilities owned or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. a. As used in this section: (1) "Big five African species" means the African elephant, Loxodonta africana; African leopard, Panthera pardus; African lion, Panthera leo; black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis; and white rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum. (2) "Priority species" means any species or subspecies of wildlife that: appears on the list of wildlife determined to be endangered by the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation pursuant to 6 NYCRR §182.5(a); appears on any federal list of endangered or threat- ened species, or has been proposed to be included on any such list; or is a big five African species. "Priority species" shall include the whole animal or any part, product, egg, or offspring of such species, or the dead body or parts thereof, excluding fossils, whether or not included in a manufactured product or in a food product. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, priority species shall not be imported, exported, shipped, received, possessed, processed, sold, offered for sale, or transported by any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership at any airport or port facility owned or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. c. Any Port Authority agent or Port Authority police officer shall have authority to enforce the prohibition in subdivision b of this EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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