Assembly Bill A6600

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the department of environmental conservation to designate certain species as vulnerable species

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S5098 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-A6600 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5098
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §11-0535-b, amd §71-0925, En Con L

2019-A6600 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of environmental conservation to designate certain species as vulnerable species and prohibits the sale of articles made from any part of a vulnerable species; and requires the department to designate the giraffe as a vulnerable species.

2019-A6600 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6600
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, FAHY, D'URSO, ORTIZ,
   SIMON, ZEBROWSKI, WEPRIN, GLICK, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental
   Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   designating  certain species as vulnerable species and prohibiting the
   sale of articles made from such vulnerable species; and to require the
   department of environmental conservation to designate the giraffe as a
   vulnerable species
 
   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 11-0535-b to read as follows:
 § 11-0535-B. VULNERABLE SPECIES.
   1. AS USED IN  THIS  SECTION,  "VULNERABLE  SPECIES"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY
 SPECIES  OF  WILDLIFE  DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, BY REGULATION FILED
 WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WHICH MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
   (A) ON THE BASIS OF CREDIBLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE,  WHICH  MAY  INCLUDE
 INFORMATION  CONTAINED  ON  THE  INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF
 NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES RED LIST OF THREATENED  SPECIES,  OR  OTHER
 SIMILAR DATA:
   (I)  THE  SPECIES  HAS  AN OBSERVED, ESTIMATED, INFERRED, PROJECTED OR
 SUSPECTED POPULATION SIZE REDUCTION OF THIRTY PERCENT OR MORE  OVER  THE
 LAST TEN YEARS OR THREE GENERATIONS, WHICHEVER IS LONGER; OR
   (II)  THE  GEOGRAPHIC RANGE OF THE SPECIES IS LESS THAN EIGHT THOUSAND
 SQUARE MILES AND THE AREA OF OCCUPANCY IS LESS THAN EIGHT HUNDRED SQUARE
 MILES, AND THE SPECIES' HABITAT IS SEVERELY FRAGMENTED OR THE SPECIES IS
 FOUND IN FEWER THAN TEN LOCATIONS; OR
   (III) THERE ARE LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND MATURE INDIVIDUALS AND THE RISK
 OF EXTINCTION OF THE SPECIES WITHIN ONE HUNDRED YEARS IS MORE  THAN  TEN
 PERCENT; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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