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A03673 Summary:

BILL NOA03673
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05408
 
SPONSOREnglebright
 
COSPNSRRosenthal L, Glick, Colton, D'Urso, Gottfried, Schmitt, Hevesi, Epstein, Lavine, Paulin, Quart
 
MLTSPNSRSimon
 
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.
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A03673 Actions:

BILL NOA03673
 
01/30/2019referred to environmental conservation
05/29/2019reported
05/30/2019advanced to third reading cal.496
01/08/2020ordered to third reading cal.151
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A03673 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3673
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 30, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, COLTON, D'URSO
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conserva-
          tion
 
        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 December 31, 2020.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07666-01-9
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