Assembly Bill A11359

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the sale, trade or bartering or possession with intent to sell, trade or barter of certain wild animals or wild animal products and to the penalties imposed therefor

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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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2017-A11359 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9159
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-0536, 71-0924 & 71-0927, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1111, S1486
2021-2022: A1518, S418
2023-2024: S1949

2017-A11359 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the sale, trade or bartering or possession with intent to sell, trade or barter of certain wild animals or wild animal products and to the penalties imposed therefor.

2017-A11359 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11359
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 19, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen-
   thal) -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
   Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prohibiting the sale, trade or bartering or possession with intent  to
   sell,  trade or barter of certain wild animals or wild animal products
   and the penalties imposed therefor
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  11-0536 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by chapter 338 of  the  laws  of  2009,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. Except as provided in subdivision three hereof, no part of the skin
 or  body,  whether raw or manufactured, of the following species of wild
 animals or the animal itself may be sold, TRADED, BARTERED,  or  offered
 for sale, OR POSSESSED WITH INTENT TO SELL, TRADE OR BARTER by any indi-
 vidual,  firm,  corporation, association or partnership within the state
 of New York:--Leopard (Panthera pardus), Snow Leopard (Uuncia),  Clouded
 Leopard  (Neofelis  nebulosa),  Tiger  (Panthera  tigres),  Asiatic Lion
 (Panthera leo persica), Cheetah (Acinoyx jubatus), Alligators, Caiman or
 Crocodile of the Order Crocodylia (except as provided in subdivision two
 of this section), tortoises of the genus Gopherus, marine turtles of the
 family Cheloniidae and the family Dermochelidae, Vicuna (Vicugna  vicug-
 na),  Wolf  (Canis lupus), Red Wolf (Canis niger), or Tasmanian Forester
 Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis)  or  Polar  Bear  (Thalarctos
 maritimus),  Mountain  Lion,  sometimes  called Cougar (Felis Concolar),
 Jaguar (Panthera  onca),  Ocelot  (Felis  pardalis),  or  Margay  (Felis
 wiedii),  [Sumatran  Rhinoceros  (Dicerorhinus  sumatrensis),  or  Black
 Rhinoceros (Dicero bicornis)]  RHINOCEROS  (RHINOCEROTIDAE)  OR  GIRAFFE
 (GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS).
   § 2. Section 71-0924 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
 by chapter 326 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 §  71-0924.  Illegal  commercialization of fish, shellfish, crustaceans,
              and wildlife.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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