Bill Text: NY A00971 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the possession of bushmeat and imposes civil penalties therefor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - held for consideration in agriculture [A00971 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A00971-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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971
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLNER, KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to prohib-
iting the possession, transportation and sale of bushmeat
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
2 article 5-E to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 5-E
4 BUSHMEAT
5 SECTION 97. POSSESSION OF BUSHMEAT PROHIBITED.
6 S 97. POSSESSION OF BUSHMEAT PROHIBITED. 1. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
7 OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
8 LAW, THE POSSESSION, IMPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE OR TAKING OF THE
9 FLESH, BONES, SKELETON, SKULL, BLOOD, ORGANS, OTHER BODY PARTS OR
10 CARCASS OF ANY SPECIES DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS
11 PROHIBITED.
12 B. PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING
13 SPECIES:
14 FAMILY ORDER/COMMON
15 ARTIODACTYLA
16 BOVIDAE
17 AFRICAN BUFFALO SYNCERUS CAFFER
18 BOHOR REEDBUCK REDUNCA REDUNCA
19 BONGO BOOCERCUS EURYCEROS
20 BUSHBUCK TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS
21 CAPE GRYSBOK RAPHICERUS MELANOTIS
22 COMMON ELAND TRAGELAPHUS (TAUROTRAGUS)
23 DIK DIK MADOQUA SPP.
24 DUIKER CEPHALOPHUS SPP.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02169-01-3
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1 FOREST BUFFALO SYNCERUS CAFFER NANUS
2 GEMSBOK OR ORYX ORYX GAZELLA
3 GRANT'S GAZELLE GAZELLA GRANTI
4 GREATER KUDU TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS
5 HARTEBEEST ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS
6 IMPALA AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS
7 KLIPSPRINGER OREOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS
8 LESSER KUDU TRAGELAPHUS IMBERBUS
9 NYALA TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII
10 ORIBI OUREBIA OUREBI
11 PUKU KOBUS VARDONI
12 SABLE ANTELOPE HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER
13 SHARPE'S GRYSBOK RAPHCIERUS MELANOTIS
14 SITATUNGA TRAGELAPHUS SPEKEI
15 SOUTHERN OR COMMON REEDBUCK REDUNCA ARUNDINUM
16 SPRINGBOK ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS
17 STEENBOK RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS
18 SUNI NEOTRAGUS MOSCHATUS
19 THOMSON'S GAZELLE GAZELLA THOMSONII
20 WATERBUCK KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS
21 TOPI DAMALISCUS LUNATUS
22 WILDEBEEST CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS
23 HIPPOPOTAMIDAE
24 HIPPOPOTAMUS HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS
25 GIRAFFIDAE
26 GIRAFFE GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS
27 SUIDAE
28 BUSH PIG POTAMOCHOERUS PORCUS
29 GIANT FOREST HOG HYLOCHOERUS MEINERTZHAGENI
30 WARTHOG PHACOCHOERUS AETHIOPICUS
31 TRAGULIDAE
32 WATER CHEVROTAIN HYEMOSCHUS AQUATICUS
33 CARNIVORA
34 CANIDAE
35 BAT EARED FOX OTOCYON MEGALOTIS
36 BLACK BACKED JACKAL CANIS MESOMELAS
37 FELIDAE
38 GOLDEN CAT FELIS AURATA
39 LEOPARD PANTHERA PARDUS
40 MELLIVORINAE
41 HONEY BADGER OR RATEL MELLIVORA CAPSIS
42 MUSTELIDAE
43 CONGO CLAWLESS OTTER AONYX CONGICA
44 SPOT-NECKED OTTER LUTRA MACULICOLLIS
45 VIVERRIDAE
46 AFRICAN CIVET CIVECTICTIS CIVETTA
47 AQUATIC GET OSBORNICTIS PISCIVORA
48 CRESTED GET GETTA CRISTATA
49 JOHNSTON'S GET GETTA JOHNSTONI
50 LEIGHTON'S LINSANG POIANA RICHARDSONII LIBERISIS
51 LIBERIAN MONGOOSE LIBERIICTIS KUHNI
52 MONGOOSE CROSSARCHUS & HERPESTES SPP.
53 SMALL SPOTTED GET GETTA SERVALINA
54 TWO SPOTTED PALM CIVET NANDINIA BINOTATA
55 CORACIIFORMES
56 BUCEROTIDAE
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1 BLACK-CASQUED HORNBILL CERATOGYMNA ATRATA
2 BLACK AND WHITE CASQUED HORNBILL BYCANISTES SUBCLINDRICUS
3 CUCULIFORMES
4 MUSOPHAGIDAE
5 BLUE PLANTAINEATER CORYTHAEOLA CRISTATA
6 FALCONIFORMES
7 ACCIPITRIDAE
8 CROWNED HAWK EAGLE STEPHANAOETUS CORNOATUS
9 GALLIFORMES
10 PHASIANIDAE
11 HELMETED OR TUFTED GUINEA FOWL NUMIDA MELEAGRIS
12 HYRACOIDAE
13 PROCAVIIDAE
14 TREE HYRAX DDROHYRAX DORSALIS
15 LAGOMORPHA
16 LEPORIDAE
17 SCRUB HARE LEPUS SAXATILIS
18 PERISSODACTYLA
19 EQUIDAE
20 ZEBRA EQUUS BURCHELLI SPP. CHAPMANI & CRAWS
21 PHOLIDOTA
22 MANIDAE
23 COMMON/TREE PANGOLIN MANIS TRICUSPIS RAFINESQUE
24 GIANT PANGOLIN MANIS GIGANTEA ILLIGER
25 PRIMATES
26 CERCOPHITHECIDAE
27 COLLARED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS TORQUATUS
28 CRESTED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS GALERITIS
29 DRILL MANDRILLUS LEUCOPHAEUS
30 GREATER WHITE NOSED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS
31 GREY CHEEKED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS ALBIGA
32 CERCOPITHECINAE
33 BABOON PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS
34 CROWNED GUON CERCOPITHECUS POGONIAS
35 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NEGLECTUS
36 DIANA MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS DIANA
37 MANDRILL MANDRILLUS LEUCOPHAEUS
38 MONA MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS MONA
39 MOUSTACHED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS CEPHUS
40 OWL FACED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS HAMLYNI
41 PREUSS'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS PREUSSI
42 RED-EARED MONKEY/RUSSETEARED GUON CERCOPITHECUS ERYTHROTIS
43 SAMANGO MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS MITIS
44 SCLATER'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS SCLATERI
45 SUN TAILED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS SOLATUS
46 TALAPOIN MIOPITHECUS TALAPOIN
47 WHITE-NOSED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS
48 WHITE-THROATED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS ERYTHROGASTER
49 COLOBIDAE
50 BLACK COLOBUS COLOBUS SATANAS
51 EASTERN BLACK & WHITE COLOBUS COLOBUS GUEREZA
52 GEOFFREY'S PIED COLOBUS COLOBUS VELLEROSUS
53 RED COLOBUS COLOBUS BADIUS PNANTI
54 LORIDAE
55 POTTO PERODICTUS POTTO
56 PONGIDAE
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1 BONOBO PAN PANISCUS
2 CHIMPANZEE PAN TROGLODYTES I
3 CROSS RIVER GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA SSP. DIEHLI
4 GRAUER'S OR EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI
5 GRAUERI
6 MOUNTAIN GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI BERINGEI I
7 WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA I
8 PROBOSCIDEA
9 ELEPHANTIDAE
10 AFRICAN ELEPHANT LOXODONTA AFRICANA
11 RODTIA
12 HYSTRICIDAE
13 BRUSH-TAILED PORCUPINE ARTHERURUS AFRICANUS
14 MURIDAE
15 GIANT RAT CRICETOMYS EMINI
16 PEDETIDAE
17 SPRINGHARE PEDETES CAPSIS
18 SCIURIDAE
19 RUWZORI SUN SQUIRREL HELIOSCHIURUS RUWZORII
20 THRYONOMYIDAE
21 GREATER CANE RAT (GRASSCUTTER) THRIONOMYS SWINDERIANUS
22 STRUTHIONEFORMES
23 STRUTHIONIDAE
24 OSTRICH STRUTHIO CAMELUS
25 SQUAMATA
26 BOIDAE
27 ROCK PYTHON PYTHON SEHAE
28 VARANIDAE
29 MONITOR LIZARD VARANUS SPP.
30 TESTUDINES
31 TESTUDINIDAE
32 FOREST TORTOISE KYNIXIS EROSA SCHWEIGGER
33 C. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY REGULATION, (I) ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR
34 EXEMPTING AND TRACKING SPECIMENS OF BUSHMEAT ACQUIRED IN THE COUNTRY OF
35 ORIGIN PURSUANT TO A LAWFULLY CONDUCTED SPORT HUNT; AND (II) RECEIVE
36 PUBLIC COMMENT ON SPECIES THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE PROVISIONS OF
37 PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
38 2. ANY OFFICER OR AGENT AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR ANY POLICE
39 OFFICER, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE
40 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE ANY WARRANT
41 TO SEARCH FOR OR SEIZE ANY FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD,
42 ORGANS, OTHER BODY PARTS OR CARCASSES POSSESSED, IMPORTED, TRANSPORTED,
43 SOLD OR TAKEN IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR ANY
44 PROPERTY OR ITEM USED IN CONNECTION WITH A VIOLATION OF SUCH SUBDIVI-
45 SION; AND SUCH FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, OTHER
46 BODY PARTS AND CARCASSES SHALL BE HELD PENDING PROCEEDINGS IN ANY COURT
47 OF PROPER JURISDICTION. UPON CONVICTION, OR UPON ENTRY OF A JUDGMENT
48 RESTRAINING ANY VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH
49 SEIZED FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, OTHER BODY PARTS
50 OR CARCASSES SHALL BE FORFEITED AND, UPON FORFEITURE, SHALL BE
51 DESTROYED.
52 3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING
53 INSPECTION OF ANY FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, AND
54 OTHER BODY PARTS OR CARCASSES SEIZED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
55 SECTION, INCLUDING WHICH EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
56 MARKETS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH INSPECTIONS.
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1 4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
2 IN ANY COURT OF PROPER JURISDICTION TO ENJOIN CONTINUED VIOLATION OF
3 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
4 5. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY:
5 A. TO ANY PERSON HOLDING A VALID PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE UNITED
6 STATES ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OR THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE
7 IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA; OR
8 B. TO ANY PERSON CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS BEING IN POSSESSION
9 FOR ZOOLOGICAL, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES, OR PURSUANT TO A
10 LAWFULLY CONDUCTED SPORT HUNT, AND IS NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY ANY
11 STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION.
12 6. IF THE VIOLATION WAS AN ACT PROHIBITED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
13 SECTION, OR BY ANY LAWFUL RULE OR REGULATION OF THE DEPARTMENT PROMUL-
14 GATED PURSUANT THERETO, A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED
15 DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST CONVICTION THEREOF; AND A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT
16 MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION.
17 EACH INSTANCE OF VIOLATION SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
18 S 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part
19 of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
20 be invalid and after exhaustion of all further judicial review, the
21 judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof,
22 but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, para-
23 graph, section or part of this act directly involved in the controversy
24 in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
25 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
