Assembly Bill A3878

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires manufacturers of genetically engineered plants to be liable for damages due to cross-contamination

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A3878 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 9-B §§142-aaa & 142-bbb, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7623
2011-2012: A1559
2013-2014: A6509
2015-2016: A8449
2017-2018: A4673

2019-A3878 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires persons who sell or distribute genetically engineered plants, planting stock or seeds to provide written instructions to purchasers or growers of such stock.

2019-A3878 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3878
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ORTIZ, COOK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  liabil-
   ity for crop contamination by genetically engineered material
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
 article 9-B to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 9-B
                            LIABILITY FOR CROP
                             CONTAMINATION BY
                      GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MATERIAL
 
 SECTION 142-AAA. LIABILITY  FOR  CROP CONTAMINATION BY GENETICALLY ENGI-
                    NEERED MATERIAL.
         142-BBB. SEED CONTRACTS.
   § 142-AAA. LIABILITY FOR CROP CONTAMINATION BY GENETICALLY  ENGINEERED
 MATERIAL. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
   (A)  "GENETICALLY  ENGINEERED"  MEANS ALTERED BY HUMAN MANIPULATION AT
 THE MOLECULAR OR CELLULAR LEVEL BY PROCESSES, INCLUDING RECOMBINANT  DNA
 AND RNA TECHNIQUES, CELL FUSION, MICROENCAPSULATION, MACROENCAPSULATION,
 GENE  DELETION  AND  DOUBLING,  INTRODUCTION  OF FOREIGN GENES, AND GENE
 REPOSITIONING, WHICH ARE NOT POSSIBLE UNDER NATURAL CONDITIONS.  "GENET-
 ICALLY ENGINEERED" DOES NOT  INCLUDE  PRODUCTS  ALTERED  EXCLUSIVELY  BY
 BREEDING,  CONJUGATION, FERMENTATION, HYBRIDIZATION, IN VITRO FERTILIZA-
 TION, OR TISSUE CULTURE.
   (B) "CROSS-CONTAMINATION" MEANS  ANY  TRANSFER  AND  INCORPORATION  OF
 GENETIC  MATERIAL FROM A GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP OR PLANT, BY CROSS-
 POLLINATION OR OTHER MEANS, INTO A NON-GENETICALLY  ENGINEERED  CROP  OR
 PLANT  OR TO WILD PLANT POPULATIONS OR THE PRESENCE OF GENETICALLY ENGI-
 NEERED SEEDS IN A LOT OR PACKAGE OF NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SEEDS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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