A10143 Summary:
BILL NO | A10143 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S07890 |
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SPONSOR | Rules (Sweeney) |
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COSPNSR | Skoufis, Abinanti, Lupardo, Fahy, Paulin, Rosenthal, Otis, Schimel, Barrett, Lifton, Gottfried, Zebrowski, Titone, Weisenberg, Kavanagh, Glick, Hennessey, Lupinacci, Raia, Stec, Weinstein |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add S11-0535-a, amd SS71-0924 & 71-0925, En Con L | |
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Prohibits the sale, purchase, trade, barter and distribution of certain ivory articles and rhinoceros horns. |
A10143 Actions:
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06/16/2014 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | rules report cal.523 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | ordered to third reading rules cal.523 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S7890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | 3RD READING CAL.1656 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08/08/2014 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08/12/2014 | signed chap.326 |
A10143 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Curran
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cusick
ER
Heastie
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hennessey
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Sweeney
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Barclay
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Rivera
ER
Tenney
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Benedetto
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobs
Yes
Miller
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titone
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Millman
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Titus
Yes
Borelli
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosa
Yes
Walter
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
ER
Weisenberg
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
AB
Kellner
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Wright
Yes
Brook-Krasny
No
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Butler
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lalor
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Scarborough
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
ER
Camara
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Clark
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Colton
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Corwin
AB
Gottfried
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Crespo
No
Graf
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A10143 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10143 IN ASSEMBLY June 16, 2014 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sweeney) -- (at request of the Governor) -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the purchase and sale of ivory articles and rhinoceros horns and increasing the penalties for the illegal sale of such arti- cles The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 11-0535-a to read as follows: 3 § 11-0535-a. Illegal ivory articles and rhinoceros horns. 4 1. As used in this section: 5 a. "Distribute" means a transfer or change in possession with an 6 accompanying change in legal ownership. 7 b. "Ivory article" means any item containing worked or raw ivory from 8 any species of elephant or mammoth. 9 c. "Raw ivory" means any elephant or mammoth tusk, and any piece 10 thereof, the surface of which, polished, or unpolished, is unaltered or 11 minimally carved. 12 d. "Worked ivory" means any elephant or mammoth tusk, and any piece 13 thereof, which is not raw ivory. 14 2. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of this section, 15 no person shall sell, offer for sale, purchase, trade, barter or 16 distribute an ivory article or rhinoceros horn. 17 3. Unless such activity is prohibited by federal law, rule or regu- 18 lation, the commissioner may issue licenses or permits for the sale, 19 offering for sale, purchase, trading, bartering or distribution of ivory 20 articles or rhinoceros horns, provided that: 21 a. the ivory article or rhinoceros horn is part of a bona fide antique 22 and is less than twenty percent by volume of such antique, and the 23 antique status of such antique is established by the owner or seller 24 thereof with historical documentation evidencing provenance and showing 25 the antique to be not less then one hundred years old; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD12104-01-4A. 10143 2 1 b. the distribution or change of possession of the ivory article or 2 rhinoceros horn is for bona fide educational or scientific purposes, or 3 to a museum chartered by the board of regents pursuant to the education 4 law; or 5 c. the distribution of the ivory article or rhinoceros horn is to a 6 legal beneficiary of a trust or to an heir or distributee of an estate; 7 or 8 d. the ivory article or rhinoceros horn is part of a musical instru- 9 ment, including, without limitation, string and wind instruments and 10 pianos, and the owner or seller provides historical documentation as the 11 department may require, demonstrating provenance and showing the item 12 was manufactured no later than nineteen hundred seventy-five. 13 § 2. Section 71-0924 of the environmental conservation law, as added 14 by chapter 69 of the laws of 1988, and subdivision 4 as amended by chap- 15 ter 417 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 16 § 71-0924. Illegal commercialization of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, 17 and wildlife. 18 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, when a violation 19 involves the sale, trade or barter of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, 20 wildlife, or parts thereof, the sale, trade or barter of which is 21 prohibited by the fish and wildlife law, the following additional penal- 22 ties shall be imposed: 23 1. where the value of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, wildlife, or parts 24 thereof, is two hundred fifty dollars or less, the offense shall be a 25 violation punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars and/or not more 26 than fifteen days of imprisonment; 27 2. where the value of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, wildlife, or parts 28 thereof, is more than two hundred fifty dollars but does not exceed one 29 thousand five hundred dollars, the offense shall be a misdemeanor 30 punishable by a fine of five thousand dollars and/or not more than one 31 year of imprisonment; [and] 32 3. where the value of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, wildlife, or parts 33 thereof, exceeds one thousand five hundred dollars, the offense shall 34 constitute a class E felony under the provisions of the penal law[.]; 35 and 36 4. where the value of ivory articles, as defined in section 11-0535-a 37 of this chapter, exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars, the offense shall 38 constitute a class D felony under the provisions of the penal law. 39 [4.] 5. For the purposes of this section the value of fish, shellfish, 40 crustaceans and wildlife shall be the fair market value of or actual 41 price paid for such resource, whichever is greater. For purposes of 42 this section, "sale" shall include the acts of selling, trading or 43 bartering and all related acts, such as the act of offering for sale, 44 trade or barter, and shall also include the illegal possession of fish, 45 shellfish, wildlife or crustacea with intent to sell. It shall be 46 presumptive evidence of possession with intent to sell when such fish, 47 shellfish, wildlife or crustacea is possessed in quantities exceeding 48 the allowable recreational quantities, or is possessed in a retail or 49 wholesale outlet commonly used for the buying or selling of such fish, 50 shellfish, wildlife or crustacea, provided, however, that nothing in 51 this subdivision shall preclude the admission of other evidence which 52 may serve to independently prove a defendant's intent to sell. 53 § 3. Section 71-0925 of the environmental conservation law is amended 54 by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows: 55 16. If the violation was an act prohibited by section 11-0535-a of 56 this chapter, not more than three thousand dollars or not more than twoA. 10143 3 1 times the value of the article involved, whichever is greater. If the 2 violation is a second or subsequent violation of such section 11-0535-a, 3 not more than six thousand dollars or not more than three times the 4 value of the article involved, whichever is greater. 5 § 4. Within 30 days of the effective date of this act, the department 6 of environmental conservation shall maintain on its website information 7 regarding the prohibition on the sale and purchase of ivory articles and 8 rhinoceros horns in the state. 9 § 5. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part 10 of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to 11 be invalid and after exhaustion of all further judicial review, the 12 judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, 13 but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, para- 14 graph, section or part of this act directly involved in the controversy 15 in which the judgment shall have been rendered. 16 § 6. No later than January 1, 2020, the department of environmental 17 conservation shall prepare a report outlining enforcement activities and 18 recommendations regarding any necessary changes, including but not 19 limited to the extension or repeal of this act. 20 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, any 21 person who has been issued a license or permit allowing the sale of 22 elephant ivory articles or rhinoceros horns prior to the effective date 23 of this act may sell such articles listed on such license or permit 24 until such license or permit has expired.