Assembly Bill A10143

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale, purchase, trade, barter and distribution of certain ivory articles and rhinoceros horns

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A10143 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7890
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §11-0535-a, amd §§71-0924 & 71-0925, En Con L

2013-A10143 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale, purchase, trade, barter and distribution of certain ivory articles and rhinoceros horns.

2013-A10143 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10143

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 16, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sweeney) --
  (at request of the Governor) -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  prohibiting the purchase and sale of  ivory  articles  and  rhinoceros
  horns  and increasing the penalties for the illegal sale of such arti-
  cles

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
new section 11-0535-a to read as follows:
S 11-0535-A. ILLEGAL IVORY ARTICLES AND RHINOCEROS HORNS.
  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  A. "DISTRIBUTE" MEANS A TRANSFER  OR  CHANGE  IN  POSSESSION  WITH  AN
ACCOMPANYING CHANGE IN LEGAL OWNERSHIP.
  B.  "IVORY ARTICLE" MEANS ANY ITEM CONTAINING WORKED OR RAW IVORY FROM
ANY SPECIES OF ELEPHANT OR MAMMOTH.
  C. "RAW IVORY" MEANS ANY ELEPHANT  OR  MAMMOTH  TUSK,  AND  ANY  PIECE
THEREOF,  THE SURFACE OF WHICH, POLISHED, OR UNPOLISHED, IS UNALTERED OR
MINIMALLY CARVED.
  D. "WORKED IVORY" MEANS ANY ELEPHANT OR MAMMOTH TUSK,  AND  ANY  PIECE
THEREOF, WHICH IS NOT RAW IVORY.
  2.  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION,
NO PERSON SHALL  SELL,  OFFER  FOR  SALE,  PURCHASE,  TRADE,  BARTER  OR
DISTRIBUTE AN IVORY ARTICLE OR RHINOCEROS HORN.
  3.  UNLESS  SUCH  ACTIVITY IS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGU-
LATION, THE COMMISSIONER MAY ISSUE LICENSES OR  PERMITS  FOR  THE  SALE,
OFFERING FOR SALE, PURCHASE, TRADING, BARTERING OR DISTRIBUTION OF IVORY
ARTICLES OR RHINOCEROS HORNS, PROVIDED THAT:
  A. THE IVORY ARTICLE OR RHINOCEROS HORN IS PART OF A BONA FIDE ANTIQUE
AND  IS  LESS  THAN  TWENTY  PERCENT  BY VOLUME OF SUCH ANTIQUE, AND THE
ANTIQUE STATUS OF SUCH ANTIQUE IS ESTABLISHED BY  THE  OWNER  OR  SELLER
THEREOF  WITH HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION EVIDENCING PROVENANCE AND SHOWING
THE ANTIQUE TO BE NOT LESS THEN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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