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Jan 29, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S2887
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2015-S2887 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §11-0535-a, En Con L; amd §7, Chap 326 of 2014
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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S7955
2015-S2887 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to musical instruments containing ivory or rhinoceros horn; specifies amount allowable for instruments for elephant ivory and mammoth ivory; requires documentation to show articles with mammoth ivory being sold, offered for sale, traded, bartered or distributed were obtained prior to the effective date of this act.
2015-S2887 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2887 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to musical instruments containing ivory or rhinoceros horn; and to amend chapter 326 of the laws of 2014 amending the environmental conservation law relating to prohibiting the purchase and sale of ivory articles and rhinoceros horns and increasing the penalties for the illegal sale of such articles, in relation to amending the effective date thereof and permitting the sale of mammoth items through June 30, 2015 PURPOSE: This bill would allow certain purchases and sales of mammoth ivory articles. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would amend Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) § 11-0535-a(3)(d) to revise the musical instrument exception to the prohibition on the trade of ivory articles to provide that 1) the ivory or rhinoceros horn must be less than 20 percent by volume of the instrument, and 2) an instrument that contains only mammoth ivory may be traded if the owner or seller documents that it was manufactured prior. to June 30, 2014.
2015-S2887 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2887 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 29, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to musical instruments containing ivory or rhinoceros horn; and to amend chapter 326 of the laws of 2014 amending the environmental conserva- tion law relating to prohibiting the purchase and sale of ivory arti- cles and rhinoceros horns and increasing the penalties for the illegal sale of such articles, in relation to amending the effective date thereof and permitting the sale of mammoth items through June 30, 2015 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 11-0535-a of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 326 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: d. the ivory article or rhinoceros horn is [part] LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT BY VOLUME of a musical instrument, including, without limita- tion, string and wind instruments and pianos, and the owner or seller provides historical documentation as the department may require, demon- strating provenance and showing the item was manufactured no later than nineteen hundred seventy-five IF THE INSTRUMENT CONTAINS ELEPHANT IVORY, OR JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN IF THE INSTRUMENT CONTAINS ONLY MAMMOTH IVORY. S 2. Section 7 of chapter 326 of the laws of 2014 amending the envi- ronmental conservation law relating to prohibiting the purchase and sale of ivory articles and rhinoceros horns and increasing penalties for the illegal sale of such articles, is amended to read as follows: S 7. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, any person who has been issued a license or permit allowing the sale of elephant ivory articles or rhinoceros horns prior to the effective date of this act may sell such articles listed on such license or permit until such license or permit has expired; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT ANY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08758-01-5
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