Assembly Bill A3560

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the planting and growing of genetically engineered crops within the national wildlife refuge system

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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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2021-A3560 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 29-C §§530 - 531, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10485

2021-A3560 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the planting and growing of genetically engineered crops within the national wildlife refuge system.

2021-A3560 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3560
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  prohib-
   iting  the planting and growing of genetically engineered crops within
   the national wildlife refuge system

   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 29-C to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 29-C
                     NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM;
                  GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS PROHIBITED
 SECTION 530. DEFINITIONS.
         531. NATIONAL WILDLIFE  REFUGE  SYSTEM;  GENETICALLY  ENGINEERED
                CROPS PROHIBITED.
   §  530.  DEFINITIONS.  AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE "GENETICALLY ENGINEERED
 CROPS" SHALL MEAN CROPS PRODUCED  FROM  PLANT  VARIETIES  CREATED  USING
 TECHNIQUES  THAT  ALTER  THE MOLECULAR OR CELL BIOLOGY OF AN ORGANISM BY
 MEANS THAT ARE NOT  POSSIBLE  UNDER  NATURAL  CONDITIONS  OR  PROCESSES.
 GENETIC  ENGINEERING  SHALL INCLUDE RECOMBINANT DNA, CELL FUSION, MICRO-
 AND MACRO-ENCAPSULATION, GENE DELETION AND DOUBLING, INTRODUCTION  OF  A
 FOREIGN  GENE,  AND GENE REPOSITIONING. IT SHALL NOT INCLUDE CROP BREED-
 ING, CONJUGATION, FERMENTATION, HYBRIDIZATION, AND TISSUE CULTURE.
   § 531. NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM; GENETICALLY  ENGINEERED  CROPS
 PROHIBITED.  NO  GENETICALLY  ENGINEERED CROP OR CROPS MAY BE PLANTED OR
 GROWN ON ANY LANDS OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM LOCATED WITHIN
 THIS STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07132-01-1

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