NY A10143

Prohibits the sale, purchase, trade, barter, and distribution of ivory articles (items containing worked or raw ivory from elephants or mammoths) and rhinoceros horns, with exceptions for antiques, educational/scientific purposes, museum donations, estate distributions, and certain musical instruments manufactured before 1975.

Allows the Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner to issue licenses or permits for ivory and rhinoceros horn transactions if not prohibited by federal law, provided strict conditions regarding historical documentation and provenance are met.

Establishes penalties including fines up to $3,000 or twice the article's value (whichever is greater) for first violations, and up to $6,000 or three times the value for subsequent violations of the ivory and rhinoceros horn prohibition.

Creates a Class D felony offense when the value of illegal ivory articles exceeds $25,000, in addition to existing Class E felony penalties for wildlife sales exceeding $1,500.

Requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to publish information about the prohibition on its website within 30 days and submit an enforcement report by January 1, 2020, with an effective date of immediately upon enactment.