Senate Bill S5478

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases certain penalties related to endangered and threatened species

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • 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-S5478 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6200
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §71-0925, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7963, A10471
2017-2018: S1415, A1492
2021-2022: S4866, A3930

2019-S5478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases certain penalties relating to endangered and special species, species of special concern and illegal ivory articles and rhinoceros horns.

2019-S5478 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5478
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   increasing  certain  penalties  relating  to  endangered  and  special
   species, species of special concern and  illegal  ivory  articles  and
   rhinoceros horns
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 13 of  section  71-0925  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 706 of the laws of 2005, is
 amended to read as follows:
   13. If the violation was an  act  prohibited  by  subdivision  two  of
 section  11-0535 or by section 11-0536 of this chapter, or by any lawful
 rule or regulation of the department promulgated pursuant  thereto,  not
 more  than [two] FOUR thousand dollars, and an additional penalty of not
 more than [three] SEVEN hundred [fifty] dollars for each  fish,  shellf-
 ish,  crustacea,  wildlife or part thereof involved in the violation. If
 the violation was an act prohibited by any regulation of the  department
 promulgated  pursuant  to  subdivision  three of section 11-0535 of this
 chapter, then such penalty shall be not more  than  [one]  TWO  thousand
 dollars,  and  an additional penalty of not more than [two] FOUR hundred
 dollars for each fish, shellfish, crustacea, wildlife  or  part  thereof
 involved in the violation.
   §  2.  The commissioner of environmental conservation shall inform the
 public  of  the  importance  of  protecting  endangered  and  threatened
 species. Such commissioner shall also publicize the laws protecting such
 species.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10226-01-9

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