Bill Text: NY A01991 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1991 (Prior Session Legislation)

NY State Legislature page for A01991

Introduced

Bill Title: Creates the crime of agri-bioterrorism to protect the agricultural industry and preserve the integrity of the state's food production industry and food supply chain; establishes when a person is guilty of the crime of agri-bioterrorism; makes agri-bioterrorism a class B felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-07 - held for consideration in codes [A01991 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01991-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1991
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. CROUCH, KOLB, McKEVITT, BARCLAY, DUPREY, HAWLEY,
         OAKS, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  creating  the  crime  of
         agri-bioterrorism
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 490.21  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 490.21 CRIME OF AGRI-BIOTERRORISM.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGRI-BIOTERRORISM WHEN WITH INTENT TO INTIMIDATE
    5  OR  COERCE  A  CIVILIAN  POPULATION,  INFLUENCE  THE POLICY OF A UNIT OF
    6  GOVERNMENT BY INTIMIDATION OR COERCION, OR AFFECT THE CONDUCT OF A  UNIT
    7  OF GOVERNMENT, HE OR SHE:
    8    1.  DESIGNS,  DEVELOPS  AND  UTILIZES A PROCESS OR PROCESSES TO GENET-
    9  ICALLY ALTER PLANT LIFE USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION WITH  THE  INTENT  TO
   10  RENDER  SAID  PLANT  LIFE  TOXIC  OR  UNSUITABLE  FOR HUMAN OR LIVESTOCK
   11  CONSUMPTION;
   12    2. INTENTIONALLY INTRODUCES AN ANIMAL  VIRUS,  PATHOGEN,  OR  BACTERIA
   13  WHICH  WOULD  KILL LIVESTOCK OR RENDER THE BY-PRODUCTS OF SUCH LIVESTOCK
   14  UNUSABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION;
   15    3. INTENTIONALLY DEFILES, CORRUPTS OR ALTERS THE FOOD OR FARM  PRODUCT
   16  WITH THE INTENT TO SICKEN OR KILL PERSONS OR ANIMALS; OR
   17    4.  INTENTIONALLY MANUFACTURES, DESIGNS, OR ALTERS GENETIC MATERIAL TO
   18  RESULT IN A  PATHOGEN,  VIRUS  OR  BACTERIA  CAPABLE  OF  DISRUPTING  OR
   19  DESTROYING THE FOOD OR FARM PRODUCT.
   20    AGRI-BIOTERRORISM IS A CLASS B FELONY.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06361-01-3