Bill Text: NY S05478 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5478 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Increases certain penalties relating to endangered and special species, species of special concern and illegal ivory articles and rhinoceros horns.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S05478 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05478-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5478
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 2, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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
          increasing  certain  penalties  relating  to  endangered  and  special
          species, species of special concern and  illegal  ivory  articles  and
          rhinoceros horns
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 13 of  section  71-0925  of  the  environmental
     2  conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 706 of the laws of 2005, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    13. If the violation was an  act  prohibited  by  subdivision  two  of
     5  section  11-0535 or by section 11-0536 of this chapter, or by any lawful
     6  rule or regulation of the department promulgated pursuant  thereto,  not
     7  more  than [two] four thousand dollars, and an additional penalty of not
     8  more than [three] seven hundred [fifty] dollars for each  fish,  shellf-
     9  ish,  crustacea,  wildlife or part thereof involved in the violation. If
    10  the violation was an act prohibited by any regulation of the  department
    11  promulgated  pursuant  to  subdivision  three of section 11-0535 of this
    12  chapter, then such penalty shall be not more  than  [one]  two  thousand
    13  dollars,  and  an additional penalty of not more than [two] four hundred
    14  dollars for each fish, shellfish, crustacea, wildlife  or  part  thereof
    15  involved in the violation.
    16    §  2.  The commissioner of environmental conservation shall inform the
    17  public  of  the  importance  of  protecting  endangered  and  threatened
    18  species. Such commissioner shall also publicize the laws protecting such
    19  species.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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