Bill Text: NY S04112 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes monk (Quaker) parakeets protected birds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S04112 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04112-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4112
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         making monk (Quaker) parakeets protected birds
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 5  of  section  11-0103  of  the
    2  environmental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of
    3  1976, is amended to read as follows:
    4    a. "Unprotected wild birds" means the English  sparrow  and  starling,
    5  and also includes pigeons and psittacine birds, EXCEPT FOR MONK (QUAKER)
    6  PARAKEETS, existing in a wild state, not domesticated.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04119-01-5