Bill Text: NY A04494 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4494 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting the sale of live genetically modified salmon.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A04494 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04494-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4494
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 2, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PRETLOW, DINOWITZ, M. G. MILLER, RICHARDSON,
          ABINANTI, RIVERA, COLTON, BICHOTTE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.
          COOK,  GLICK, HOOPER, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting the sale of live genetically modified salmon
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 11-1703 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8.  No  person  shall  sell  or knowingly introduce into a free-living
     4  state, live genetically modified salmon.  Under this subdivision, genet-
     5  ically modified salmon shall mean produced from or with an  organism  or
     6  organisms with genetics altered materially through the application of:
     7    (a)  in  vitro  nucleic  acid techniques, including but not limited to
     8  recombinant  deoxyribonucleic  acid  (DNA)  techniques  and  the  direct
     9  injection of nucleic acid into cells or organelles; or
    10    (b)  the  fusion  of  cells beyond the taxonomic family that overcomes
    11  natural physiological, reproductive, or recombinant  barriers  and  that
    12  are not techniques used in traditional breeding and selection.
    13    §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 11-1911 of the environmental conserva-
    14  tion law is amended to read as follows:
    15    3. No person shall release any species of fish into a farm  fish  pond
    16  unless  permission  to  do  so  is  first  obtained from the department.
    17  Provided, however, under no circumstances shall the department authorize
    18  the introduction of genetically engineered salmon as defined in subdivi-
    19  sion eight of section 11-1708 of this article.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09117-01-7