Bill Text: NY A03731 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3731
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 -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting 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 environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
2 new section 11-0538 to read as follows:
3 S 11-0538. POSSESSION OF BUSHMEAT; PROHIBITED.
4 1. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER, THE
5 POSSESSION, IMPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE OR TAKING OF THE FLESH,
6 BONES, SKELETON, SKULL, BLOOD, ORGAN, OTHER BODY PARTS OR CARCASS OF ANY
7 SPECIES DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
8 B. PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING
9 SPECIES:
10 FAMILY ORDER/COMMON
11 ARTIODACTYLA
12 BOVIDAE
13 AFRICAN BUFFALO SYNCERUS CAFFER
14 BOHOR REEDBUCK REDUNCA REDUNCA
15 BONGO BOOCERCUS EURYCEROS
16 BUSHBUCK TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS
17 CAPE GRYSBOK RAPHICERUS MELANOTIS
18 COMMON ELAND TRAGELAPHUS (TAUROTRAGUS)
19 DIK DIK MADOQUA SPP.
20 DUIKER CEPHALOPHUS SPP.
21 FOREST BUFFALO SYNCERUS CAFFER NANUS
22 GEMSBOK OR ORYX ORYX GAZELLA
23 GRANT'S GAZELLE GAZELLA GRANTI
24 GREATER KUDU TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS
25 HARTEBEEST ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07336-01-1
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1 IMPALA AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS
2 KLIPSPRINGER OREOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS
3 LESSER KUDU TRAGELAPHUS IMBERBUS
4 NYALA TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII
5 ORIBI OUREBIA OUREBI
6 PUKU KOBUS VARDONI
7 SABLE ANTELOPE HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER
8 SHARPE'S GRYSBOK RAPHCIERUS MELANOTIS
9 SITATUNGA TRAGELAPHUS SPEKEI
10 SOUTHERN OR COMMON REEDBUCK REDUNCA ARUNDINUM
11 SPRINGBOK ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS
12 STEENBOK RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS
13 SUNI NEOTRAGUS MOSCHATUS
14 THOMSON'S GAZELLE GAZELLA THOMSONII
15 WATERBUCK KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS
16 TOPI DAMALISCUS LUNATUS
17 WILDEBEEST CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS
18 HIPPOPOTAMIDAE
19 HIPPOPOTAMUS HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS
20 GIRAFFIDAE
21 GIRAFFE GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS
22 SUIDAE
23 BUSH PIG POTAMOCHOERUS PORCUS
24 GIANT FOREST HOG HYLOCHOERUS MEINERTZHAGENI
25 WARTHOG PHACOCHOERUS AETHIOPICUS
26 TRAGULIDAE
27 WATER CHEVROTAIN HYEMOSCHUS AQUATICUS
28 CARNIVORA
29 CANIDAE
30 BAT EARED FOX OTOCYON MEGALOTIS
31 BLACK BACKED JACKAL CANIS MESOMELAS
32 FELIDAE
33 GOLDEN CAT FELIS AURATA
34 LEOPARD PANTHERA PARDUS
35 MELLIVORINAE
36 HONEY BADGER OR RATEL MELLIVORA CAPSIS
37 MUSTELIDAE
38 CONGO CLAWLESS OTTER AONYX CONGICA
39 SPOT-NECKED OTTER LUTRA MACULICOLLIS
40 VIVERRIDAE
41 AFRICAN CIVET CIVECTICTIS CIVETTA
42 AQUATIC GET OSBORNICTIS PISCIVORA
43 CRESTED GET GETTA CRISTATA
44 JOHNSTON'S GET GETTA JOHNSTONI
45 LEIGHTON'S LINSANG POIANA RICHARDSONII LIBERISIS
46 LIBERIAN MONGOOSE LIBERIICTIS KUHNI
47 MONGOOSE CROSSARCHUS & HERPESTES SPP.
48 SMALL SPOTTED GET GETTA SERVALINA
49 TWO SPOTTED PALM CIVET NANDINIA BINOTATA
50 CORACIIFORMES
51 BUCEROTIDAE
52 BLACK-CASQUED HORNBILL CERATOGYMNA ATRATA
53 BLACK AND WHITE CASQUED HORNBILL BYCANISTES SUBCLINDRICUS
54 CUCULIFORMES
55 MUSOPHAGIDAE
56 BLUE PLANTAINEATER CORYTHAEOLA CRISTATA
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1 FALCONIFORMES
2 ACCIPITRIDAE
3 CROWNED HAWK EAGLE STEPHANAOETUS CORNOATUS
4 GALLIFORMES
5 PHASIANIDAE
6 HELMETED OR TUFTED GUINEA FOWL NUMIDA MELEAGRIS
7 HYRACOIDAE
8 PROCAVIIDAE
9 TREE HYRAX DDROHYRAX DORSALIS
10 LAGOMORPHA
11 LEPORIDAE
12 SCRUB HARE LEPUS SAXATILIS
13 PERISSODACTYLA
14 EQUIDAE
15 ZEBRA EQUUS BURCHELLI SPP. CHAPMANI & CRAWS
16 PHOLIDOTA
17 MANIDAE
18 COMMON/TREE PANGOLIN MANIS TRICUSPIS RAFINESQUE
19 GIANT PANGOLIN MANIS GIGANTEA ILLIGER
20 PRIMATES
21 CERCOPHITHECIDAE
22 COLLARED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS TORQUATUS
23 CRESTED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS GALERITIS
24 DRILL MANDRILLUS LEUCOPHAEUS
25 GREATER WHITE NOSED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS
26 GREY CHEEKED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS ALBIGA
27 CERCOPITHECINAE
28 BABOON PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS
29 CROWNED GUON CERCOPITHECUS POGONIAS
30 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NEGLECTUS
31 DIANA MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS DIANA
32 MANDRILL MANDRILLUS LEUCOPHAEUS
33 MONA MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS MONA
34 MOUSTACHED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS CEPHUS
35 OWL FACED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS HAMLYNI
36 PREUSS'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS PREUSSI
37 RED-EARED MONKEY/RUSSETEARED GUON CERCOPITHECUS ERYTHROTIS
38 SAMANGO MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS MITIS
39 SCLATER'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS SCLATERI
40 SUN TAILED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS SOLATUS
41 TALAPOIN MIOPITHECUS TALAPOIN
42 WHITE-NOSED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS
43 WHITE-THROATED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS ERYTHROGASTER
44 COLOBIDAE
45 BLACK COLOBUS COLOBUS SATANAS
46 EASTERN BLACK & WHITE COLOBUS COLOBUS GUEREZA
47 GEOFFREY'S PIED COLOBUS COLOBUS VELLEROSUS
48 RED COLOBUS COLOBUS BADIUS PNANTI
49 LORIDAE
50 POTTO PERODICTUS POTTO
51 PONGIDAE
52 BONOBO PAN PANISCUS
53 CHIMPANZEE PAN TROGLODYTES I
54 CROSS RIVER GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA SSP. DIEHLI
55 GRAUER'S OR EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI
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1 GRAUERI
2 MOUNTAIN GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI BERINGEI I
3 WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA I
4 PROBOSCIDEA
5 ELEPHANTIDAE
6 AFRICAN ELEPHANT LOXODONTA AFRICANA
7 RODTIA
8 HYSTRICIDAE
9 BRUSH-TAILED PORCUPINE ARTHERURUS AFRICANUS
10 MURIDAE
11 GIANT RAT CRICETOMYS EMINI
12 PEDETIDAE
13 SPRINGHARE PEDETES CAPSIS
14 SCIURIDAE
15 RUWZORI SUN SQUIRREL HELIOSCHIURUS RUWZORII
16 THRYONOMYIDAE
17 GREATER CANE RAT (GRASSCUTTER) THRIONOMYS SWINDERIANUS
18 STRUTHIONEFORMES
19 STRUTHIONIDAE
20 OSTRICH STRUTHIO CAMELUS
21 SQUAMATA
22 BOIDAE
23 ROCK PYTHON PYTHON SEHAE
24 VARANIDAE
25 MONITOR LIZARD VARANUS SPP.
26 TESTUDINES
27 TESTUDINIDAE
28 FOREST TORTOISE KYNIXIS EROSA SCHWEIGGER
29 C. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY REGULATION, ESTABLISH A PROCESS TO
30 RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON SPECIES THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE PROVISIONS
31 OF PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
32 2. ANY OFFICER OR AGENT AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR ANY POLICE
33 OFFICER, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE
34 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE ANY WARRANT
35 TO SEARCH FOR OR SEIZE ANY FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD,
36 ORGANS, OTHER BODY PARTS OR CARCASSES POSSESSED, IMPORTED, TRANSPORTED,
37 SOLD OR TAKEN IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR ANY
38 PROPERTY OR ITEM USED IN CONNECTION WITH A VIOLATION OF SUCH SUBDIVI-
39 SION; AND SUCH FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, OTHER
40 BODY PARTS AND CARCASSES SHALL BE HELD PENDING PROCEEDINGS IN ANY COURT
41 OF PROPER JURISDICTION. UPON CONVICTION, OR UPON ENTRY OF A JUDGMENT
42 RESTRAINING ANY VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH
43 SEIZED FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, OTHER BODY PARTS
44 OR CARCASSES SHALL BE FORFEITED AND, UPON FORFEITURE, SHALL BE
45 DESTROYED.
46 3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
47 IN ANY COURT OF PROPER JURISDICTION TO ENJOIN CONTINUED VIOLATION OF
48 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
49 4. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY:
50 A. TO ANY PERSON HOLDING A VALID PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE UNITED
51 STATES ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OR THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE
52 IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA; OR
53 B. TO ANY PERSON CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS BEING IN POSSESSION
54 FOR ZOOLOGICAL, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES, AND IS NOT OTHERWISE
55 PROHIBITED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION.
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1 S 2. Section 71-0925 of the environmental conservation law is amended
2 by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
3 15. IF THE VIOLATION WAS AN ACT PROHIBITED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF
4 SECTION 11-0538 OF THIS CHAPTER, OR BY ANY LAWFUL RULE OR REGULATION OF
5 THE DEPARTMENT PROMULGATED PURSUANT THERETO, A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE
6 THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST CONVICTION THEREOF; AND A CIVIL
7 PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT
8 CONVICTION. EACH INSTANCE OF VIOLATION SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE
9 OFFENSE.
10 S 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part
11 of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
12 be invalid and after exhaustion of all further judicial review, the
13 judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof,
14 but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, para-
15 graph, section or part of this act directly involved in the controversy
16 in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
17 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
