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Assembly Bill A10153

Signed By Governor

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the distribution of certain ivory articles and rhinoceros horns to a museum authorized by special charter from the legislature of the state

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2013-A10153 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7916
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-0535-a, En Con L

2013-A10153 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the distribution of certain ivory articles and rhinoceros horns to a museum authorized by special charter from the legislature of the state.

2013-A10153 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10153

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 17, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sweeney) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  distribution of certain ivory articles and rhinoceros horns to a muse-
  um authorized by special charter from the legislature of the state

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

  Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section  11-0535-a  of  the
environmental  conservation  law,  as  added by a chapter of the laws of
2014, amending the environmental conservation law relating to  prohibit-
ing  the  purchase  and  sale of ivory articles and rhinoceros horns and
increaseing the penalties for the illegal  sale  of  such  articles,  as
proposed  in  legislative bills numbers S. 7890 and A. 10143, is amended
to read as follows:
  b. the distribution or change of possession of the  ivory  article  or
rhinoceros  horn is for bona fide educational or scientific purposes, or
to a museum chartered by the board of regents pursuant to the  education
law  OR TO A MUSEUM AUTHORIZED BY A SPECIAL CHARTER FROM THE LEGISLATURE
OF THIS STATE; or
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
manner  as  a  chapter  of  the laws of 2014, amending the environmental
conservation law relating to prohibiting the purchase and sale of  ivory
articles and rhinoceros horns and increasing the penalties for the ille-
gal  sale  of such articles, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
7890 and A. 10143, takes effect.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15642-01-4

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