Bill Text: NY S00591 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale and use of commercial feed for poultry containing roxarsone or any substance containing arsenic; violation of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S00591 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00591-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          591
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens.  GIANARIS,  ADAMS, AVELLA, DILAN, KRUEGER, PARKER,
         SERRANO, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered  printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
         manufacture, distribution, sale and use of commercial feed for poultry
         containing roxarsone or any other substance that contains arsenic
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
    2  section 131-a to read as follows:
    3    S 131-A. COMMERCIAL FEED FOR  POULTRY;  ROXARSONE  PROHIBITED.  1.  NO
    4  PERSON  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL  MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, SELL OR USE ANY
    5  COMMERCIAL FEED FOR  POULTRY,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  SIXTEEN  OF
    6  SECTION  NINETY-B OF THIS CHAPTER, WHICH CONTAINS ROXARSONE OR ANY OTHER
    7  SUBSTANCE THAT CONTAINS ARSENIC.
    8    2. ANY PERSON THAT VIOLATES SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE
    9  GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR AS DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW.
   10    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   11  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01838-01-3
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