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 ________________________________________________________________________ 3731--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 26, 2011 ___________ 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.