Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 | ordered to third reading cal.179 |
Apr 29, 2021 | advanced to third reading cal.256 |
Apr 27, 2021 | reported |
Feb 19, 2021 | referred to environmental conservation |
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Linda Rosenthal
Deborah Glick
William Colton
Richard Gottfried
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Jo Anne Simon
A5542 (ACTIVE) - Details
A5542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5542 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, COLTON, GOTT- FRIED, SCHMITT, HEVESI, EPSTEIN, LAVINE, PAULIN, QUART -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the issuance of permits authorizing the use of wild animals in circuses or traveling animal acts 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 11-0541 to read as follows: § 11-0541. PROHIBITION ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AUTHORIZING THE USE OF WILD ANIMALS IN CIRCUSES OR TRAVELING ANIMAL ACTS. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT ISSUE A PERMIT OR LICENSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AN EDUCATION OR EXHIBITION PERMIT OR AN ENDANGERED OR THREATENED SPECIES LICENSE, AUTHORIZING THE EXHIBITION OF A WILD ANIMAL IN A CIRCUS NOTWITHSTANDING A VALID UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL- TURE LICENSE, OR A TRAVELING ANIMAL ACT. 2. SUCH A PROHIBITION SHALL NOT APPLY TO: A. A FACILITY ACCREDITED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS; B. A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. 3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "TRAVELING ANIMAL ACT" SHALL MEAN ANY PERFORMANCE OF WILD ANIMALS WHERE SUCH ANIMALS ARE TRANSPORTED TO, FROM, OR BETWEEN LOCATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH PERFORMANCE; AND (B) "PERFORMANCE" SHALL MEAN ANY EXHIBITION OR PUBLIC SHOWING IN WHICH WILD ANIMALS ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM TRICKS, GIVE RIDES, OR PARTICIPATE AS ACCOMPANIMENTS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT, AMUSEMENT, OR BENEFIT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE. § 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2022. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.