New York A 862: Relates to prohibiting the taking of zoo, petting zoo, carnival or circus animals

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A00862 Summary:

BILL NOA00862 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGlick (MS)

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COSPNSRColton, Rosenthal, Dinowitz, Otis, Gonzalez-Rojas

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MLTSPNSRCook

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Add §11-1908, En Con L

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Prohibits the taking of zoo, petting zoo, carnival or circus animals; provides that violations shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars.

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BILL NOA00862 

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01/08/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 862

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, COLTON, ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, OTIS, GONZA-
 LEZ-ROJAS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 prohibiting the taking of zoo, petting zoo, carnival or circus animals

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 11-1908 to read as follows:
 3 § 11-1908. Prohibits the taking of zoo, petting zoo, carnival or circus
 4 animals.
 5 1. No person shall take, as defined in subdivision thirteen of section
 6 11-0103 of this article, an animal that such person knows or has reason
 7 to know is presently or was formerly a part of a zoo, petting zoo,
 8 carnival, or circus.
 9 2. No zoo, petting zoo, carnival, or circus or any person licensed or
 10 required to be licensed as an exhibitor under the Animal Welfare Act, 7
 11 USC section 2131 et seq., shall sell, offer for sale, distribute, barter
 12 or donate any animal wherein such animal may be intentionally taken.
 13 3. No person who owns, operates, or manages a facility including, but
 14 not limited to a facility that harbors non-native big game mammals, or
 15 any other facility that permits the taking of animals shall purchase,
 16 accept or receive any animal such person knows or has reason to know is
 17 presently or was formerly a part of a zoo, petting zoo, carnival, or
 18 circus.
 19 4. Violations of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not
 20 less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars.
 21 5. Nothing in this section shall preempt a municipal corporation from
 22 enacting more restrictive laws, ordinances or regulations governing
 23 animals in zoos, petting zoos, carnivals, or circuses.
 24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 25 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03048-01-5

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