Bill Text: NY A03731 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
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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-Amended.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-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3731--B
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 -- again reported from said committee with amendments,
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)
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07336-06-1
A. 3731--B 2
1 DIK DIK MADOQUA SPP.
2 DUIKER CEPHALOPHUS SPP.
3 FOREST BUFFALO SYNCERUS CAFFER NANUS
4 GEMSBOK OR ORYX ORYX GAZELLA
5 GRANT'S GAZELLE GAZELLA GRANTI
6 GREATER KUDU TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS
7 HARTEBEEST ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS
8 IMPALA AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS
9 KLIPSPRINGER OREOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS
10 LESSER KUDU TRAGELAPHUS IMBERBUS
11 NYALA TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII
12 ORIBI OUREBIA OUREBI
13 PUKU KOBUS VARDONI
14 SABLE ANTELOPE HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER
15 SHARPE'S GRYSBOK RAPHCIERUS MELANOTIS
16 SITATUNGA TRAGELAPHUS SPEKEI
17 SOUTHERN OR COMMON REEDBUCK REDUNCA ARUNDINUM
18 SPRINGBOK ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS
19 STEENBOK RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS
20 SUNI NEOTRAGUS MOSCHATUS
21 THOMSON'S GAZELLE GAZELLA THOMSONII
22 WATERBUCK KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS
23 TOPI DAMALISCUS LUNATUS
24 WILDEBEEST CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS
25 HIPPOPOTAMIDAE
26 HIPPOPOTAMUS HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS
27 GIRAFFIDAE
28 GIRAFFE GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS
29 SUIDAE
30 BUSH PIG POTAMOCHOERUS PORCUS
31 GIANT FOREST HOG HYLOCHOERUS MEINERTZHAGENI
32 WARTHOG PHACOCHOERUS AETHIOPICUS
33 TRAGULIDAE
34 WATER CHEVROTAIN HYEMOSCHUS AQUATICUS
35 CARNIVORA
36 CANIDAE
37 BAT EARED FOX OTOCYON MEGALOTIS
38 BLACK BACKED JACKAL CANIS MESOMELAS
39 FELIDAE
40 GOLDEN CAT FELIS AURATA
41 LEOPARD PANTHERA PARDUS
42 MELLIVORINAE
43 HONEY BADGER OR RATEL MELLIVORA CAPSIS
44 MUSTELIDAE
45 CONGO CLAWLESS OTTER AONYX CONGICA
46 SPOT-NECKED OTTER LUTRA MACULICOLLIS
47 VIVERRIDAE
48 AFRICAN CIVET CIVECTICTIS CIVETTA
49 AQUATIC GET OSBORNICTIS PISCIVORA
50 CRESTED GET GETTA CRISTATA
51 JOHNSTON'S GET GETTA JOHNSTONI
52 LEIGHTON'S LINSANG POIANA RICHARDSONII LIBERISIS
53 LIBERIAN MONGOOSE LIBERIICTIS KUHNI
54 MONGOOSE CROSSARCHUS & HERPESTES SPP.
55 SMALL SPOTTED GET GETTA SERVALINA
56 TWO SPOTTED PALM CIVET NANDINIA BINOTATA
A. 3731--B 3
1 CORACIIFORMES
2 BUCEROTIDAE
3 BLACK-CASQUED HORNBILL CERATOGYMNA ATRATA
4 BLACK AND WHITE CASQUED HORNBILL BYCANISTES SUBCLINDRICUS
5 CUCULIFORMES
6 MUSOPHAGIDAE
7 BLUE PLANTAINEATER CORYTHAEOLA CRISTATA
8 FALCONIFORMES
9 ACCIPITRIDAE
10 CROWNED HAWK EAGLE STEPHANAOETUS CORNOATUS
11 GALLIFORMES
12 PHASIANIDAE
13 HELMETED OR TUFTED GUINEA FOWL NUMIDA MELEAGRIS
14 HYRACOIDAE
15 PROCAVIIDAE
16 TREE HYRAX DDROHYRAX DORSALIS
17 LAGOMORPHA
18 LEPORIDAE
19 SCRUB HARE LEPUS SAXATILIS
20 PERISSODACTYLA
21 EQUIDAE
22 ZEBRA EQUUS BURCHELLI SPP. CHAPMANI & CRAWS
23 PHOLIDOTA
24 MANIDAE
25 COMMON/TREE PANGOLIN MANIS TRICUSPIS RAFINESQUE
26 GIANT PANGOLIN MANIS GIGANTEA ILLIGER
27 PRIMATES
28 CERCOPHITHECIDAE
29 COLLARED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS TORQUATUS
30 CRESTED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS GALERITIS
31 DRILL MANDRILLUS LEUCOPHAEUS
32 GREATER WHITE NOSED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS
33 GREY CHEEKED MANGABEY CERCOCEBUS ALBIGA
34 CERCOPITHECINAE
35 BABOON PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS
36 CROWNED GUON CERCOPITHECUS POGONIAS
37 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NEGLECTUS
38 DIANA MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS DIANA
39 MANDRILL MANDRILLUS LEUCOPHAEUS
40 MONA MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS MONA
41 MOUSTACHED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS CEPHUS
42 OWL FACED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS HAMLYNI
43 PREUSS'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS PREUSSI
44 RED-EARED MONKEY/RUSSETEARED GUON CERCOPITHECUS ERYTHROTIS
45 SAMANGO MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS MITIS
46 SCLATER'S MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS SCLATERI
47 SUN TAILED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS SOLATUS
48 TALAPOIN MIOPITHECUS TALAPOIN
49 WHITE-NOSED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS
50 WHITE-THROATED MONKEY CERCOPITHECUS ERYTHROGASTER
51 COLOBIDAE
52 BLACK COLOBUS COLOBUS SATANAS
53 EASTERN BLACK & WHITE COLOBUS COLOBUS GUEREZA
54 GEOFFREY'S PIED COLOBUS COLOBUS VELLEROSUS
55 RED COLOBUS COLOBUS BADIUS PNANTI
56 LORIDAE
A. 3731--B 4
1 POTTO PERODICTUS POTTO
2 PONGIDAE
3 BONOBO PAN PANISCUS
4 CHIMPANZEE PAN TROGLODYTES I
5 CROSS RIVER GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA SSP. DIEHLI
6 GRAUER'S OR EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI
7 GRAUERI
8 MOUNTAIN GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI BERINGEI I
9 WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA I
10 PROBOSCIDEA
11 ELEPHANTIDAE
12 AFRICAN ELEPHANT LOXODONTA AFRICANA
13 RODTIA
14 HYSTRICIDAE
15 BRUSH-TAILED PORCUPINE ARTHERURUS AFRICANUS
16 MURIDAE
17 GIANT RAT CRICETOMYS EMINI
18 PEDETIDAE
19 SPRINGHARE PEDETES CAPSIS
20 SCIURIDAE
21 RUWZORI SUN SQUIRREL HELIOSCHIURUS RUWZORII
22 THRYONOMYIDAE
23 GREATER CANE RAT (GRASSCUTTER) THRIONOMYS SWINDERIANUS
24 STRUTHIONEFORMES
25 STRUTHIONIDAE
26 OSTRICH STRUTHIO CAMELUS
27 SQUAMATA
28 BOIDAE
29 ROCK PYTHON PYTHON SEHAE
30 VARANIDAE
31 MONITOR LIZARD VARANUS SPP.
32 TESTUDINES
33 TESTUDINIDAE
34 FOREST TORTOISE KYNIXIS EROSA SCHWEIGGER
35 C. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY REGULATION, (I) ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR
36 EXEMPTING AND TRACKING SPECIMENS OF BUSHMEAT ACQUIRED IN THE COUNTRY OF
37 ORIGIN PURSUANT TO A LAWFULLY CONDUCTED SPORT HUNT; AND (II) RECEIVE
38 PUBLIC COMMENT ON SPECIES THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE PROVISIONS OF
39 PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
40 2. ANY OFFICER OR AGENT AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR ANY POLICE
41 OFFICER, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE
42 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE ANY WARRANT
43 TO SEARCH FOR OR SEIZE ANY FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD,
44 ORGANS, OTHER BODY PARTS OR CARCASSES POSSESSED, IMPORTED, TRANSPORTED,
45 SOLD OR TAKEN IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR ANY
46 PROPERTY OR ITEM USED IN CONNECTION WITH A VIOLATION OF SUCH SUBDIVI-
47 SION; AND SUCH FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, OTHER
48 BODY PARTS AND CARCASSES SHALL BE HELD PENDING PROCEEDINGS IN ANY COURT
49 OF PROPER JURISDICTION. UPON CONVICTION, OR UPON ENTRY OF A JUDGMENT
50 RESTRAINING ANY VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH
51 SEIZED FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, OTHER BODY PARTS
52 OR CARCASSES SHALL BE FORFEITED AND, UPON FORFEITURE, SHALL BE
53 DESTROYED.
54 3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING
55 INSPECTION OF ANY FLESH, BONES, SKELETONS, SKULLS, BLOOD, ORGANS, AND
56 OTHER BODY PARTS OR CARCASSES SEIZED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
A. 3731--B 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.
