Bill Text: NY A01492 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Increases certain penalties relating to endangered and special species, species of special concern and illegal ivory articles and rhinoceros horns.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-18 - COMMITTED TO RULES [A01492 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01492-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1492--A
                                                                Cal. No. 671
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT,  D'URSO,  OTIS -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conservation  --  reported
          and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee
          on  Codes  in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- advanced to a
          third reading,  passed  by  Assembly  and  delivered  to  the  Senate,
          recalled  from  the  Senate,  vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          increasing  certain  penalties  relating  to  endangered  and  special
          species, species of special concern and  illegal  ivory  articles  and
          rhinoceros horns
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 13 of  section  71-0925  of  the  environmental
     2  conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 706 of the laws of 2005, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    13. If the violation was an  act  prohibited  by  subdivision  two  of
     5  section  11-0535 or by section 11-0536 of this chapter, or by any lawful
     6  rule or regulation of the department promulgated pursuant  thereto,  not
     7  more  than [two] four thousand dollars, and an additional penalty of not
     8  more than [three] seven hundred [fifty] dollars for each  fish,  shellf-
     9  ish,  crustacea,  wildlife or part thereof involved in the violation. If
    10  the violation was an act prohibited by any regulation of the  department
    11  promulgated  pursuant  to  subdivision  three of section 11-0535 of this
    12  chapter, then such penalty shall be not more  than  [one]  two  thousand
    13  dollars,  and  an additional penalty of not more than [two] four hundred
    14  dollars for each fish, shellfish, crustacea, wildlife  or  part  thereof
    15  involved in the violation.
    16    §  2.  The commissioner of environmental conservation shall inform the
    17  public  of  the  importance  of  protecting  endangered  and  threatened
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  species. Such commissioner shall also publicize the laws protecting such
     2  species.
     3    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.