Assembly Bill A9620

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the misbranding of certain fish species

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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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2013-A9620 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §201-i, amd §39, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A1231

2013-A9620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the misbranding of escolar or oilfish as tuna, albacore tuna or white tuna.

2013-A9620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9620

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 13, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture  and  markets  law,  in relation to
  misbranding of certain fish species

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

  Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
section 201-i to read as follows:
  S 201-I. MISBRANDING OF CERTAIN FISH SPECIES. 1.    AS  USED  IN  THIS
SECTION:  (A) "ESCOLAR" SHALL MEAN ANY VARIETY OF FISH KNOWN AS ESCOLAR,
WALU, SNAKE MACKEREL, OR ANY OTHER COMMON NAME OF THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES
NAME LEPIDOCYBIUM FLAVORBRUNNEUM.
  (B)  "OILFISH"  SHALL MEAN ANY VARIETY OF FISH KNOWN AS OILFISH OR ANY
OTHER COMMON NAME OF THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAME RUVETTUS PRETIOSUS.
  (C) "WHITE TUNA" SHALL MEAN THE FISH SPECIES KNOWN AS  ALBACORE  TUNA,
LONG FIN TUNA, OR THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAME THUNNUS ALALUNGA.
  2.  NO  PERSON, RETAIL OR PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT AS DEFINED
IN SECTION SEVENTY-ONE-Y OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL SELL,  OFFER  FOR  SALE,
DISTRIBUTE,  IMPORT,  OR  EXPORT  THE  SPECIES OF FISH COMMONLY KNOWN AS
ESCOLAR OR OILFISH UNDER THE NAME TUNA, ALBACORE TUNA,  WHITE  TUNA,  OR
ANY  OTHER SPECIES NAME, COMMON OR SCIENTIFIC, OTHER THAN THE RECOGNIZED
COMMON OR SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAMES FOR SUCH SPECIES DEFINED IN  SUBDIVI-
SION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  S  2.  Section  39  of  the agriculture and markets law, as amended by
section 1 of part Q of chapter 59 of the laws of  2009,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  S 39. Penalties  for  violation of chapter or other laws. Every person
violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any other law the
enforcement of which is within the jurisdiction of the department shall,
except where other penalties are hereinafter prescribed, be subject to a
penalty in the sum of not more than six hundred dollars  for  the  first
violation, nor more than one thousand two hundred dollars for the second
and  each subsequent violation and provided further, however, that for a
violation of subdivision thirteen or fifteen of section two  hundred  of

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

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