S07718 Summary:

BILL NOS07718A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08157-A
 
SPONSORBOYLE
 
COSPNSRKRUEGER
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §11-0541, En Con L
 
Relates to prohibiting the issuance of permits authorizing the use of wild animals in circuses; excepts an accredited zoo and a wildlife sanctuary.
Go to top    

S07718 Actions:

BILL NOS07718A
 
02/12/2018REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
04/17/2018AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
04/17/2018PRINT NUMBER 7718A
Go to top

S07718 Committee Votes:

Go to top

S07718 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to top

S07718 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7718--A
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 12, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          prohibiting the issuance  of  permits  authorizing  the  use  of  wild
          animals in circuses
 
          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 11-0541 to read as follows:
     3  § 11-0541. Prohibition on the issuance of permits authorizing the use of
     4               wild animals in circuses.
     5    1.  The department shall not issue a permit or license, including, but
     6  not limited to, an education or exhibition permit or  an  endangered  or
     7  threatened  species license, authorizing the exhibition of a wild animal
     8  in a circus, notwithstanding a valid United States department  of  agri-
     9  culture license.
    10    2. Such a prohibition shall not apply to:
    11    a. an accredited zoo accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquari-
    12  ums;
    13    b. a wildlife sanctuary.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11926-04-8
Go to top