Bill Text: NY A06836 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

---

Bill Title: Provides that "wild animal" means indigenous, non-domesticated animals native to the country in which they live and "exotic animal" means a wild animal with an origin of a different continent; adds certain wild or exotic animals to the list of non-companion animals; provides certain owners of wild or exotic animals with a license process.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - print number 6836b [A06836 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06836-Amended.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         6836--B

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 8, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  L. ROSENTHAL,  BORES, SIMON -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  --  recommitted to the Committee on Environmental
          Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to wild
          or exotic animals

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  e  of  subdivision 6 of section 11-0103 of the
     2  environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 10 of the laws  of
     3  2005, is amended to read as follows:
     4    e.  ["Wild  animal" shall not include "companion animal" as defined in
     5  section three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets  law.    Wild
     6  animal  includes,]  "Wild  animal"  means  indigenous,  non-domesticated
     7  animals native to the country in which they live. "Exotic animal"  means
     8  a  wild  animal  with an origin of a different continent. The terms wild
     9  animal and exotic animal shall not include "companion animal" as defined
    10  in section three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets law.  Wild
    11  animals  and  exotic animals include and [is] are limited to, any or all
    12  of the following orders [and], families, and genera:
    13    (1) Nonhuman primates and prosimians,
    14    (2) Felidae and all hybrids thereof, with the exception of the species
    15  Felis catus (domesticated and feral cats, which shall mean  domesticated
    16  cats  that were formerly owned and that have been abandoned and that are
    17  no longer socialized, as well as offspring of such cats) and hybrids  of
    18  Felis catus that are registered by the American Cat Fanciers Association
    19  or  the International Cat Association provided that such cats be without
    20  any wild felid parentage for a minimum of five generations,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10398-10-4
        A. 6836--B                          2

     1    (3) Canidae (with the exception of domesticated dogs and captive  bred
     2  fennec foxes (vulpes zerda)),
     3    (4) Ursidae,
     4    (5)  All  reptiles that are venomous by nature, pursuant to department
     5  regulation, and the following species and orders: Burmese Python (Python
     6  m. bivittatus), Reticulated Python (Python  reticulatus),  African  Rock
     7  Python  (Python  sabae),  Green  Anaconda  (Eunectes  maurinus),  Yellow
     8  Anaconda (Eunectes  notaeus),  Australian  Amethystine  Python  (Morelia
     9  amethistina  and  Morelia  kinghorni),  Indian  Python (Python molurus),
    10  Asiatic (water) Monitor (Varanus salvator), Nile Monitor (Varanus  nilo-
    11  citus), White Throat Monitor (Varanus albigularis), Black Throat Monitor
    12  (Varanus albigularis ionides) and Crocodile Monitor (Varanus salvadori),
    13  Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodensis) and any hybrid thereof,
    14    (6) Crocodylia,
    15    (7)  Macropodidae  including  but not limited to kangaroos, wallabies,
    16  tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and quokkas,
    17    (8) Cetacea (including whales and dolphins),
    18    (9) Elephantidae (elephants),
    19    (10) Hyaenidae (hyenas),
    20    (11) Perissodactyla (including rhinoceroses, tapirs and zebras),
    21    (12) Pinnipedia (including seals, sea lions and walruses),
    22    (13) Xenarthra (including sloths, anteaters and armadillos),
    23    (14) Viverridae (including bearcats),
    24    (15) Cynomys, and
    25    (16) Capybaras.
    26    § 2. Section 11-0512 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
    27  by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
    28    3-a.  Any person who possesses or harbors an exotic animal pursuant to
    29  paragraph e of subdivision six of section 11-0103 of  this  article  for
    30  use  as  a pet at the time that this subdivision takes effect may retain
    31  possession of such animal for the remainder of its life,  provided  that
    32  such person:
    33    a.  Has  not  been  convicted  of  any  offense relating to cruelty to
    34  animals or under a judicial order prohibiting possession of animals;
    35    b. Applies to the department within six months of the  effective  date
    36  of  this section, and obtains from the department, a license pursuant to
    37  subdivision four of this section;
    38    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.