Bill Text: NY A07303 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Names the wood frog the official amphibian of the state of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A07303 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07303-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          7303
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 22, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          BLAKE, COOK, GUNTHER, LIFTON, SANTABARBARA -- read once  and  referred
          to the Committee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to amend the state law, in relation to naming the wood frog the
          official amphibian of the state of New York
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new section 92 to read
     2  as follows:
     3    §  92. State amphibian. The wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) shall be
     4  the official amphibian of the state of New York.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07143-01-9
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