Bill Text: NY S06842 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the misbranding of escolar or oilfish as tuna, albacore tuna or white tuna.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-14 - SUBSTITUTED BY A1231B [S06842 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06842-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6842--B
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 26, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to  amend  the  agriculture  and  markets  law,  in  relation  to
          misbranding of certain fish species
          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  section 201-i to read as follows:
     3    §  201-i.  Misbranding  of  certain fish species. 1.   As used in this
     4  section:  (a) "escolar" shall mean any variety of fish known as escolar,
     5  walu, snake mackerel, or any other common name of the scientific species
     6  name lepidocybium flavorbrunneum.
     7    (b) "oilfish" shall mean any variety of fish known as oilfish  or  any
     8  other common name of the scientific species name ruvettus pretiosus.
     9    (c)  "white  tuna" shall mean the fish species known as albacore tuna,
    10  long fin tuna, or the scientific species name thunnus alalunga.
    11    2. No person, wholesaler,  distributor,  retail  food  store  or  food
    12  service  establishment shall willfully sell, offer for sale, distribute,
    13  import, or export the species of fish commonly known as escolar or oilf-
    14  ish under the name tuna, albacore tuna, white tuna, or any other species
    15  name, common or scientific, other than the recognized common  or  scien-
    16  tific  species names for such species defined in subdivision one of this
    17  section.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    19  it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
    20  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    21  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    22  authorized and directed to be made and completed by the commissioner  of
    23  agriculture and markets on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06132-06-6