Assembly Bill A4825

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enacts the "genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crop act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A4825 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 10-B ยงยง147-k - 147-n, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A7644

2011-A4825 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crop act"; prohibits the growth, sale, raising, transportation and cultivation of genetically engineered pharmaceutical or industrial crops; imposes a civil penalty of between $250,000 and $1,000,000 for any violation thereof; authorizes the attorney general to seek equitable relief against such violations

2011-A4825 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4825

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 8, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to enacting
  the "genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crop act"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crop act".
  S 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new  arti-
cle 10-B to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 10-B
                  GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PHARMACEUTICAL
                          AND INDUSTRIAL CROPS
SECTION 147-K. DEFINITIONS.
        147-L. PROHIBITION.
        147-M. PENALTIES.
        147-N. ENFORCEMENT.
  S 147-K. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
  1.  "GENETICALLY ENGINEERED" SHALL MEAN THAT GENETIC MATERIAL HAS BEEN
CHANGED THROUGH MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGY  IN  A  WAY  THAT  DOES  NOT  OCCUR
NATURALLY BY MULTIPLICATION OR NATURAL RECOMBINATION.
  2. "INDUSTRIAL CROP" SHALL MEAN GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS THAT ARE
DESIGNED  TO  PRODUCE  INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, SUBSTANCES FOR USE IN INDUS-
TRIAL PRODUCTS, INDUSTRIAL  OR  RESEARCH  CHEMICALS,  OR  INDUSTRIAL  OR
RESEARCH ENZYMES.
  3. "MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGY" SHALL MEAN:
  A.  RECOMBINANT DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID, THE DIRECT INJECTION OF NUCLEIC
ACID INTO CELLS OR ORGANELLES, AND OTHER IN  VITRO  NUCLEIC  ACID  TECH-
NIQUES;
  B. FUSION OF CELLS BEYOND THE TAXONOMIC FAMILY, IF THE FUSION:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00429-01-1

              

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