Assembly Bill A912

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the taking of zoo, petting zoo, carnival or circus animals

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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-A912 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4289
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §11-1908, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4378, S4452
2017-2018: A4186, S2471
2021-2022: A5776
2023-2024: A3810
2025-2026: A862

2019-A912 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the taking of zoo, petting zoo, carnival or circus animals; provides that violations shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars.

2019-A912 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    912
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GLICK, O'DONNELL, COLTON, L. ROSENTHAL, GOTT-
   FRIED, DINOWITZ, OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK  --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prohibiting the taking of zoo, petting 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:
 § 11-1908. PROHIBITS THE TAKING OF ZOO, PETTING ZOO, CARNIVAL OR  CIRCUS
              ANIMALS.
   1. NO PERSON SHALL TAKE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION
 11-0103  OF THIS ARTICLE, AN ANIMAL THAT SUCH PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON
 TO KNOW IS PRESENTLY OR WAS FORMERLY A  PART  OF  A  ZOO,  PETTING  ZOO,
 CARNIVAL, OR CIRCUS.
   2.  NO ZOO, PETTING ZOO, CARNIVAL, OR CIRCUS OR ANY PERSON LICENSED OR
 REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED AS AN EXHIBITOR UNDER THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT,  7
 USC SECTION 2131 ET SEQ., SHALL SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, DISTRIBUTE, BARTER
 OR DONATE ANY ANIMAL WHEREIN SUCH ANIMAL MAY BE INTENTIONALLY TAKEN.
   3.  NO PERSON WHO OWNS, OPERATES, OR MANAGES A FACILITY INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO A FACILITY THAT HARBORS NON-NATIVE BIG GAME  MAMMALS,  OR
 ANY  OTHER  FACILITY  THAT PERMITS THE TAKING OF ANIMALS SHALL PURCHASE,
 ACCEPT OR RECEIVE ANY ANIMAL SUCH PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW  IS
 PRESENTLY  OR  WAS  FORMERLY  A PART OF A ZOO, PETTING ZOO, CARNIVAL, OR
 CIRCUS.
   4. VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY  A  FINE  OF  NOT
 LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   5.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREEMPT A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION FROM
 ENACTING MORE RESTRICTIVE  LAWS,  ORDINANCES  OR  REGULATIONS  GOVERNING
 ANIMALS IN ZOOS, PETTING ZOOS, CARNIVALS, OR CIRCUSES.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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