Relates to local government authority to prohibit trade in real fur products, including but not limited to any article of clothing, fashion accessory, or home decoration that is made in whole or part of real fur.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8442
SPONSOR: Rosenthal L TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to local
government authority to prohibit trade in real fur products
PURPOSE:
This legislation will provide local governments the authority to
restrict the trade or sale of fur products.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends the environmental conservation law by adding a new
section 11-0114.
Section two establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Fur farms across the United States continue to raise raccoons, foxes,
minks, chinchillas and other animals to kill for fur, often employing
cruel and inhumane methods to do so. The Humane Society of the United
States estimates that over 100 million animals are killed each year for
the fur industry. Major luxury fashion brands such as Coach, Versace,
Burberry and Michael Kors have become fur-free, and many retailers and
magazines have also announced they will no longer carry or feature
clothing and accessories using animal fur. Bans on the sale of fur have
been enacted in Austria, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as well
as in a few U.S. cities including Los Angeles and San Francisco.
With many alternatives to fur available, it has become clear that this
cruel industry is no longer necessary. This legislation will provide
local governments clear authority to restrict the trade or sale of real
fur products.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
60 days.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8442
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
November 17, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to local
government authority to prohibit trade in real fur products
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 11-0114 to read as follows:
3 § 11-0114. Regulation of the real fur trade.
4 Nothing in this chapter, the general business law, the agriculture and
5 markets law or in regulations promulgated under the authority of such
6 chapters, shall be construed to prevent any municipal corporation or any
7 other local governing body from adopting and enforcing laws prohibiting
8 or restricting trade in or sale of real fur products, including but not
9 limited to any article of clothing, fashion accessory or home decoration
10 that is made in whole or part of real fur. For the purposes of this
11 section, "real fur" shall have the same meaning as in section three
12 hundred ninety-nine-aaa of the general business law.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11944-01-1
