Bill Text: NY A06641 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a study of genetically modified organisms and cross pollination, the impact on wildlife, and the effect on human consumption; requires reporting and recommendations by department of agriculture and markets, DEC, and department of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to agriculture [A06641 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06641-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6641
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 10, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. TITONE, STECK, ZEBROWSKI, LUPINACCI, MAGNARELLI,
          CAHILL, COLTON, MOYA, SIMANOWITZ,  HEVESI,  BENEDETTO,  OTIS,  STIRPE,
          BRONSON, SKARTADOS, JAFFEE, ABINANTI, BARRETT -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A.  COOK, CROUCH, GALEF, HOOPER, RIVERA, THIELE -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Agriculture
        AN  ACT  requiring  a  study of genetically modified organisms and cross
          pollination, the impact on  wildlife  and  the  environment,  and  the
          effect on human consumption
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  1. (a) The department of  agriculture  and  markets  shall
     2  study  the  impacts  of growing genetically modified organisms in a farm
     3  environment to ensure that genetically modified plants are safe to  grow
     4  and are not cross pollinating other crops. Such study shall also include
     5  the  impact of genetically modified organisms and its impact on the cost
     6  of food in New York state.
     7    (b) The department  of  environmental  conservation  shall  study  the
     8  impacts  of  growing  genetically modified organisms on the wildlife and
     9  environment of New York state.
    10    (c) The department of health shall study the impacts of human consump-
    11  tion of genetically modified organisms.
    12    2. While conducting the studies required pursuant to  subdivision  one
    13  of  this section, the department of agriculture and markets, the depart-
    14  ment of environmental conservation, and the department of  health  shall
    15  utilize  the federal regulatory framework of genetically modified organ-
    16  isms as a guide, and shall use studies which have been conducted by  the
    17  federal  government  as  well  as  studies  conducted  by New York state
    18  universities, including the state's land grant institution.
    19    3. The studies required pursuant to subdivision one  of  this  section
    20  shall run concurrently.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    4.  Findings  from  the  department  of  agriculture  and markets, the
     2  department of environmental conservation and the  department  of  health
     3  shall  be  reported  concurrently  to  the legislature and shall include
     4  recommendations on whether foods that have been modified:
     5    (a) should or should not be labeled;
     6    (b) whether any bans on products or practices are warranted;
     7    (c)  whether  consumer  education about genetically modified organisms
     8  should take place; and
     9    (d) who should be responsible for such education.
    10    5. For purposes of this section "genetically modified organism"  shall
    11  mean  an organism produced through genetic modification that is not as a
    12  result of traditional plant breeding techniques and/or natural selection
    13  over time.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.