Bill Text: NY A03731 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits the possession of bushmeat and imposes civil penalties therefor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-26 - reference changed to agriculture [A03731 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A03731-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3731--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 26, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLNER, KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07336-05-1
A. 3731--A 2
1 DUIKER CEPHALOPHUS SPP.
2 FOREST BUFFALO SYNCERUS CAFFER NANUS
3 GEMSBOK OR ORYX ORYX GAZELLA
4 GRANT'S GAZELLE GAZELLA GRANTI
5 GREATER KUDU TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS
6 HARTEBEEST ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS
7 IMPALA AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS
8 KLIPSPRINGER OREOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS
9 LESSER KUDU TRAGELAPHUS IMBERBUS
10 NYALA TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII
11 ORIBI OUREBIA OUREBI
12 PUKU KOBUS VARDONI
13 SABLE ANTELOPE HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER
14 SHARPE'S GRYSBOK RAPHCIERUS MELANOTIS
15 SITATUNGA TRAGELAPHUS SPEKEI
16 SOUTHERN OR COMMON REEDBUCK REDUNCA ARUNDINUM
17 SPRINGBOK ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS
18 STEENBOK RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS
19 SUNI NEOTRAGUS MOSCHATUS
20 THOMSON'S GAZELLE GAZELLA THOMSONII
21 WATERBUCK KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS
22 TOPI DAMALISCUS LUNATUS
23 WILDEBEEST CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS
24 HIPPOPOTAMIDAE
25 HIPPOPOTAMUS HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS
26 GIRAFFIDAE
27 GIRAFFE GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS
28 SUIDAE
29 BUSH PIG POTAMOCHOERUS PORCUS
30 GIANT FOREST HOG HYLOCHOERUS MEINERTZHAGENI
31 WARTHOG PHACOCHOERUS AETHIOPICUS
32 TRAGULIDAE
33 WATER CHEVROTAIN HYEMOSCHUS AQUATICUS
34 CARNIVORA
35 CANIDAE
36 BAT EARED FOX OTOCYON MEGALOTIS
37 BLACK BACKED JACKAL CANIS MESOMELAS
38 FELIDAE
39 GOLDEN CAT FELIS AURATA
40 LEOPARD PANTHERA PARDUS
41 MELLIVORINAE
42 HONEY BADGER OR RATEL MELLIVORA CAPSIS
43 MUSTELIDAE
44 CONGO CLAWLESS OTTER AONYX CONGICA
45 SPOT-NECKED OTTER LUTRA MACULICOLLIS
46 VIVERRIDAE
47 AFRICAN CIVET CIVECTICTIS CIVETTA
48 AQUATIC GET OSBORNICTIS PISCIVORA
49 CRESTED GET GETTA CRISTATA
50 JOHNSTON'S GET GETTA JOHNSTONI
51 LEIGHTON'S LINSANG POIANA RICHARDSONII LIBERISIS
52 LIBERIAN MONGOOSE LIBERIICTIS KUHNI
53 MONGOOSE CROSSARCHUS & HERPESTES SPP.
54 SMALL SPOTTED GET GETTA SERVALINA
55 TWO SPOTTED PALM CIVET NANDINIA BINOTATA
56 CORACIIFORMES
A. 3731--A 3
1 BUCEROTIDAE
2 BLACK-CASQUED HORNBILL CERATOGYMNA ATRATA
3 BLACK AND WHITE CASQUED HORNBILL BYCANISTES SUBCLINDRICUS
4 CUCULIFORMES
5 MUSOPHAGIDAE
6 BLUE PLANTAINEATER CORYTHAEOLA CRISTATA
7 FALCONIFORMES
8 ACCIPITRIDAE
9 CROWNED HAWK EAGLE STEPHANAOETUS CORNOATUS
10 GALLIFORMES
11 PHASIANIDAE
12 HELMETED OR TUFTED GUINEA FOWL NUMIDA MELEAGRIS
13 HYRACOIDAE
14 PROCAVIIDAE
15 TREE HYRAX DDROHYRAX DORSALIS
16 LAGOMORPHA
17 LEPORIDAE
18 SCRUB HARE LEPUS SAXATILIS
19 PERISSODACTYLA
20 EQUIDAE
21 ZEBRA EQUUS BURCHELLI SPP. CHAPMANI & CRAWS
22 PHOLIDOTA
23 MANIDAE
24 COMMON/TREE PANGOLIN MANIS TRICUSPIS RAFINESQUE
25 GIANT PANGOLIN MANIS GIGANTEA ILLIGER
26 PRIMATES
27 CERCOPHITHECIDAE
28 COLLARED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS TORQUATUS
29 CRESTED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS GALERITIS
30 DRILL MANDRILLUS LEUCOPHAEUS
31 GREATER WHITE NOSED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS
32 GREY CHEEKED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS ALBIGA
33 CERCOPITHECINAE
34 BABOON PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS
35 CROWNED GUON CERCOPITHECUS POGONIAS
36 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NEGLECTUS
37 DIANA MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS DIANA
38 MANDRILL MANDRILLUS LEUCOPHAEUS
39 MONA MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS MONA
40 MOUSTACHED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS CEPHUS
41 OWL FACED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS HAMLYNI
42 PREUSS'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS PREUSSI
43 RED-EARED MONKEY/RUSSETEARED GUON CERCOPITHECUS ERYTHROTIS
44 SAMANGO MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS MITIS
45 SCLATER'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS SCLATERI
46 SUN TAILED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS SOLATUS
47 TALAPOIN MIOPITHECUS TALAPOIN
48 WHITE-NOSED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS
49 WHITE-THROATED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS ERYTHROGASTER
50 COLOBIDAE
51 BLACK COLOBUS COLOBUS SATANAS
52 EASTERN BLACK & WHITE COLOBUS COLOBUS GUEREZA
53 GEOFFREY'S PIED COLOBUS COLOBUS VELLEROSUS
54 RED COLOBUS COLOBUS BADIUS PNANTI
55 LORIDAE
56 POTTO PERODICTUS POTTO
A. 3731--A 4
1 PONGIDAE
2 BONOBO PAN PANISCUS
3 CHIMPANZEE PAN TROGLODYTES I
4 CROSS RIVER GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA SSP. DIEHLI
5 GRAUER'S OR EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI
6 GRAUERI
7 MOUNTAIN GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI BERINGEI I
8 WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA I
9 PROBOSCIDEA
10 ELEPHANTIDAE
11 AFRICAN ELEPHANT LOXODONTA AFRICANA
12 RODTIA
13 HYSTRICIDAE
14 BRUSH-TAILED PORCUPINE ARTHERURUS AFRICANUS
15 MURIDAE
16 GIANT RAT CRICETOMYS EMINI
17 PEDETIDAE
18 SPRINGHARE PEDETES CAPSIS
19 SCIURIDAE
20 RUWZORI SUN SQUIRREL HELIOSCHIURUS RUWZORII
21 THRYONOMYIDAE
22 GREATER CANE RAT (GRASSCUTTER) THRIONOMYS SWINDERIANUS
23 STRUTHIONEFORMES
24 STRUTHIONIDAE
25 OSTRICH STRUTHIO CAMELUS
26 SQUAMATA
27 BOIDAE
28 ROCK PYTHON PYTHON SEHAE
29 VARANIDAE
30 MONITOR LIZARD VARANUS SPP.
31 TESTUDINES
32 TESTUDINIDAE
33 FOREST TORTOISE KYNIXIS EROSA SCHWEIGGER
34 C. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY REGULATION, (I) ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR
35 EXEMPTING AND TRACKING SPECIMENS OF BUSHMEAT ACQUIRED IN THE COUNTY OF
36 ORIGIN PURSUANT TO A LAWFULLY CONDUCTED SPORT HUNT; AND (II) RECEIVE
37 PUBLIC COMMENT ON SPECIES THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE PROVISIONS OF
38 PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
39 2. ANY OFFICER OR AGENT AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR ANY POLICE
40 OFFICER, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE
41 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE ANY WARRANT
42 TO SEARCH FOR OR SEIZE ANY FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD,
43 ORGANS, OTHER BODY PARTS OR CARCASSES POSSESSED, IMPORTED, TRANSPORTED,
44 SOLD OR TAKEN IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR ANY
45 PROPERTY OR ITEM USED IN CONNECTION WITH A VIOLATION OF SUCH SUBDIVI-
46 SION; AND SUCH FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, OTHER
47 BODY PARTS AND CARCASSES SHALL BE HELD PENDING PROCEEDINGS IN ANY COURT
48 OF PROPER JURISDICTION. UPON CONVICTION, OR UPON ENTRY OF A JUDGMENT
49 RESTRAINING ANY VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH
50 SEIZED FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, OTHER BODY PARTS
51 OR CARCASSES SHALL BE FORFEITED AND, UPON FORFEITURE, SHALL BE
52 DESTROYED.
53 3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING
54 INSPECTION OF ANY FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, AND
55 OTHER BODY PARTS OR CARCASSES SEIZED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
A. 3731--A 5
1 SECTION, INCLUDING WHICH EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
2 MARKETS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH INSPECTIONS.
3 4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
4 IN ANY COURT OF PROPER JURISDICTION TO ENJOIN CONTINUED VIOLATION OF
5 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
6 5. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY:
7 A. TO ANY PERSON HOLDING A VALID PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE UNITED
8 STATES ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OR THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE
9 IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA; OR
10 B. TO ANY PERSON CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS BEING IN POSSESSION
11 FOR ZOOLOGICAL, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES, OR PURSUANT TO A
12 LAWFULLY CONDUCTED SPORT HUNT, AND IS NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY ANY
13 STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION.
14 6. IF THE VIOLATION WAS AN ACT PROHIBITED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
15 SECTION, OR BY ANY LAWFUL RULE OR REGULATION OF THE DEPARTMENT PROMUL-
16 GATED PURSUANT THERETO, A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED
17 DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST CONVICTION THEREOF; AND A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT
18 MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION.
19 EACH INSTANCE OF VIOLATION SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
20 S 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part
21 of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
22 be invalid and after exhaustion of all further judicial review, the
23 judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof,
24 but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, para-
25 graph, section or part of this act directly involved in the controversy
26 in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
27 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
