Bill Text: NY A03522 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes monk (Quaker) parakeets protected birds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A03522 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03522-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3522
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          making monk (Quaker) parakeets protected birds
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 5  of  section  11-0103  of  the
     2  environmental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of
     3  1976, is amended to read as follows:
     4    a. "Unprotected wild birds" means the English  sparrow  and  starling,
     5  and also includes pigeons and psittacine birds, except for monk (Quaker)
     6  parakeets, existing in a wild state, not domesticated.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05487-01-7