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Assembly Bill A600

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits the state's participation in artificial pheasant propagation activities

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2019-A600 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §11-0532, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7908
2021-2022: A1388
2023-2024: A508
2025-2026: A888

2019-A600 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the state's participation in artificial pheasant propagation activities; closes any state-owned or operated pheasant production facility.

2019-A600 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    600
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the  state's  participation in artificial pheasant propa-
   gation activities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 11-0532 to read as follows:
 § 11-0532. ARTIFICIAL PHEASANT PROPAGATION.
   1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER, OR  ANY  OTHER
 LAW,  RULE  OR  REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY
 DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION OF THIS STATE, OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THER-
 EOF, TO PARTICIPATE IN OR TO PROMOTE THE  HATCHING,  BREEDING,  REARING,
 PROPAGATING,  POSSESSING,  PURCHASING, DISTRIBUTING, TRANSPORTING, SELL-
 ING, EXCHANGING, OR GIVING AWAY OF ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATED PHEASANTS  OR
 TO SUPPORT, FINANCIALLY OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER, THROUGH THE CONSERVATION
 FUND OR ANY OTHER SOURCE, ANY PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY INVOLVING ARTIFICIALLY
 PROPAGATED PHEASANTS.
   2.  ADDITIONALLY,  ANY  STATE-OWNED  OR  OPERATED  PHEASANT PRODUCTION
 FACILITY SHALL BE CLOSED.
   3. NOTHING IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO  AFFECT  RIGHTS
 PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 11-1901 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect February 28, 2020.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04691-01-9

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