Assembly Bill A10431

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10431
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 24, 2024
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Flood) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  prohib-
   iting  the  manufacture  for  sale,  sale,  hold or offer for sale, or
   distribution of cultivated meat in the state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 96-g of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18. "CULTIVATED MEAT" MEANS ANY MEAT OR  FOOD  PRODUCT  PRODUCED  FROM
 CULTURED ANIMAL CELLS.
   §  2.  Section  96-h  of  the agriculture and markets law, as added by
 chapter 573 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   §  96-h.  Application  of  article.  1.  Notwithstanding   any   other
 provisions  of  this  article,  the  knowing  sale,  exposure  for sale,
 exchange or transportation at any and all places within the state of the
 fur, hair, skin or flesh  of  domesticated  dog  (canis  familiaris)  or
 domesticated  cat  (felis  catus  or  domesticus)  as food, meat, custom
 slaughtered meat, farm dressed meat, meat by-product or meat food  prod-
 uct  edible  by  humans  or animals is hereby prohibited. A violation of
 this section shall subject the offender to a civil penalty of up to  one
 thousand dollars for an individual and up to five thousand dollars for a
 corporation  for  the first violation. Any subsequent violation shall be
 subject to a civil penalty of up to twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  Any
 civil  penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the
 animal population control fund established by section ninety-seven-xx of
 the state finance law. Any authorization given by  or  pursuant  to  the
 provisions of this article to handle, sell, expose for sale, exchange or
 transport  the  carcasses  of animals, parts thereof, meat, meat by-pro-
 ducts and meat food products within the state and any exclusion from the
 application of this article applicable to  custom  slaughtered  meat  or
 contained  in  section ninety-six-j or another provision of this article
 shall not apply to the knowing sale,  exposure  for  sale,  exchange  or
 transportation  of  the  fur, hair, skin or flesh of domesticated dog or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 domesticated cat as food, meat, custom slaughtered  meat,  farm  dressed
 meat,  meat  by-product or meat food product edible by humans or animals
 which is prohibited by the provisions of this section. In  the  case  of
 any  conflict  with another provision of this article, the provisions of
 this section shall prevail over such other provision of this article.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, IT  SHALL  BE
 UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO MANUFACTURE FOR SALE, SELL, HOLD OR OFFER FOR
 SALE, OR DISTRIBUTE CULTIVATED MEAT IN THIS STATE. A PERSON WHO KNOWING-
 LY  VIOLATES  THIS  SECTION COMMITS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR. A FOOD ESTAB-
 LISHMENT THAT MANUFACTURES, DISTRIBUTES, OR  SELLS  CULTIVATED  MEAT  IN
 VIOLATION  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION
 INCLUDING A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR AN  INDIVID-
 UAL  AND  UP  TO  FIVE  THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A CORPORATION FOR THE FIRST
 VIOLATION. ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL  PENALTY
 OF  UP  TO  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND DOLLARS. ANY CIVIL PENALTIES COLLECTED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE ANIMAL POPULATION  CONTROL
 FUND  ESTABLISHED  BY  SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-XX OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
 IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION THE LICENSE OF ANY
 RESTAURANT, STORE, OR OTHER BUSINESS MAY BE SUSPENDED AS PROVIDED IN THE
 APPLICABLE LICENSING LAW UPON THE CONVICTION OF AN OWNER OR EMPLOYEE  OF
 THAT  BUSINESS  FOR  A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IN CONNECTION WITH THAT
 BUSINESS. A PRODUCT FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS  SUBJECT
 TO  SEIZURE  AND  QUARANTINE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER.  THE DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT RULES TO IMPLEMENT THIS
 SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.