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NY S03302
Bill
Status
3/13/2023
Primary Sponsor
Luis Sepulveda
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AI Summary
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Prohibits importing, exporting, transporting, processing, selling, purchasing, trading, or possessing any parts or products from African Elephants, African Leopards, African Lions, Black Rhinoceroses, White Rhinoceroses, and African Giraffes
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Allows exceptions for items possessed before the law's effective date (with secretary of state certificate), museum collections, and inheritances (with restrictions on resale)
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Authorizes law enforcement officers to search for, seize, and forfeit violating items, which shall be destroyed or offered to scientific institutions upon conviction
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Imposes criminal penalties including a definite prison sentence not exceeding two years for violations
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Takes effect one year after becoming law
Legislative Description
Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and possession of certain African wildlife species and products.
Last Action
referred to environmental conservation
4/9/2024