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A00600 Summary:

A00600 Actions:

A00600 Committee Votes:

Committee:JUDICIARY   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/16/2017AYE/NAY:19/1  Action: Favorable         
Weinstein
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Titus
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Graf
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Lupinacci
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Quart
Excused
Titone
Nay
Buchwald
Aye
Steck
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Simon
Aye
Joyner
Aye

A00600 Floor Votes:

A00600 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           600
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ABINANTI, KEARNS, WEPRIN, LOPEZ -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
        AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to  genetically
          modified organisms
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general obligations law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 9-107 to read as follows:
     3    §  9-107.  Genetically  engineered  or genetically modified organisms;
     4  affirmative defense. Any party who is sued for damages for violation  of
     5  a patent, trademark, or other intellectual property rights on the ground
     6  that  the  party possessed or used seeds or plants that contained genet-
     7  ically engineered or genetically  modified  organisms  without  entering
     8  into  an  agreement  or  paying  fees  to  the  manufacturer or licensed
     9  distributor of  such  genetically  engineered  or  genetically  modified
    10  organisms shall have an affirmative defense against any liability if the
    11  party  shall  show  that  he  or she did not knowingly and intentionally
    12  introduce the genetically engineered or genetically  modified  organisms
    13  into  his  or  her plants or seeds or onto his or her property and he or
    14  she did not knowingly gain from the distinctive traits  due  to  genetic
    15  modification or genetic engineering.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03285-01-7