Bill Text: CA AB2075 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Crimes: importation or sale of endangered animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, Statutes of 2014. [AB2075 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2075-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2075	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 653o of the Penal Code, relating to
crimes.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2075, as introduced, Alejo. Crimes: importation or sale of
endangered animals.
   Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to import into the state for
commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell
within the state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of
specified animals, including polar bears, leopards, ocelots, and
alligator or crocodilian species listed as endangered under the
federal Endangered Species Act.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 653o of the Penal Code, as amended by Section 2
of Chapter 412 of the Statutes of 2010, is amended to read:
   653o.  (a) It is unlawful to import into this state for commercial
purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the
state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of  any
  a  polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah,
jaguar, sable antelope, wolf (Canis lupus), zebra, whale, cobra,
python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter,
free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise (Delphinidae), Spanish
lynx, or elephant.
   (b) (1) Commencing January 1, 2015, it shall be unlawful to import
into this state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to
sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or any part or
product thereof, of  any   a  crocodile or
alligator.
   (2) This subdivision shall not be construed to authorize the
importation or sale of any alligator or crocodilian species, or any
products thereof, that are listed as endangered under the federal
Endangered Species Act, or to allow the importation or sale of any
alligator or crocodilian species, or any products thereof, in
violation of any federal law or  any  international
treaty to which the United States is a party.
   (c)  Any   A    person who
violates  any provision of  this section is guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than one
thousand dollars ($1,000) and not to exceed five thousand dollars
($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months,
or both that fine and imprisonment, for each violation.
   (d) The prohibitions against importation for commercial purposes,
possession with intent to sell, and sale of the species listed in
this section are severable. A finding of the invalidity of any one or
more prohibitions shall not affect the validity of any remaining
prohibitions.
   (e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.