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
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
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, ofanya 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, ofanya 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 oranyinternational treaty to which the United States is a party. (c)AnyA person who violatesany provision ofthis 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.