Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 05, 2015 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 29, 2015 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A4239
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GLICK
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Matthew Titone
Daniel O'Donnell
William Colton
Linda Rosenthal
multi-Sponsors
James F. Brennan
Vivian Cook
Margaret Markey
Jose Rivera
2015-A4239 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง11-1908, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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A9529
2015-A4239 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4239 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 29, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, TITONE, O'DONNELL, COLTON, ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, COOK, MARKEY, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting sport killing of zoo, carnival or circus animals THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 11-1908 to read as follows: S 11-1908. SPORT KILLING OF ZOO, CARNIVAL OR CIRCUS ANIMALS PROHIBITED. 1. NO PERSON SHALL KILL FOR SPORT AN ANIMAL THAT SUCH PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW IS PRESENTLY OR WAS FORMERLY A PART OF A ZOO, CARNI- VAL OR CIRCUS. 2. NO ZOO, CARNIVAL OR CIRCUS OR ANY PERSON LICENSED OR REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED AS AN EXHIBITOR UNDER THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT, 7 U.S.C. SECTION 2131 (ET SEQ.) SHALL PROVIDE, SELL, OR DONATE ANY ANIMAL FOR USE IN ANY ACTIVITY WHEREIN THE ANIMAL MAY BE INTENTIONALLY KILLED FOR SPORT. 3. NO PERSON, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AN OPERATOR OF AN AUCTION SALE, SHALL TRANSFER OR CONSPIRE TO TRANSFER ANY ANIMAL THAT SUCH PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW IS PRESENTLY OR WAS FORMERLY A PART OF A ZOO, CARNIVAL, OR CIRCUS, TO ANY PERSON OR ACTIVITY WHEREIN THE ANIMAL MAY BE INTENTIONALLY KILLED FOR SPORT. 4. NO PERSON WHO OWNS, OPERATES, OR MANAGES A FACILITY WHEREIN AN ANIMAL MAY BE INTENTIONALLY KILLED FOR SPORT SHALL PURCHASE, ACCEPT AS A DONATION, OR RECEIVE ANY ANIMAL SUCH PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW IS PRESENTLY OR WAS FORMERLY A PART OF A ZOO, CARNIVAL OR CIRCUS. 5. VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. 6. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03913-01-5
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