Bill Text: NY A05258 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Defines the term engineered sterile seeds and directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to study the implications of the development, sale and use of such seeds; prohibits the production of such seeds during the time of such study; prohibits such engineered sterile seeds to be used in the production of food within educational institutions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to agriculture [A05258 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05258-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5258
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 14, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Agriculture
       AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to direct-
         ing a study of the risks and benefits of engineered sterile seeds
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 136 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
    2  by adding a new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
    3    22. THE TERM "ENGINEERED STERILE SEEDS" MEANS SEEDS  WHICH  HAVE  BEEN
    4  GENETICALLY  ENGINEERED TO PRODUCE PLANTS THE SECOND-GENERATION SEEDS OF
    5  WHICH ARE UNABLE TO GERMINATE.
    6    S 2. The agriculture and markets  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    7  section 141-a to read as follows:
    8    S 141-A. ENGINEERED STERILE SEEDS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL STUDY THE
    9  IMPLICATIONS  OF  THE DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING, SALE AND USE OF ENGINEERED
   10  STERILE SEEDS, INCLUDING THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM RISKS AND BENEFITS
   11  FOR GROWERS, OTHER AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS AND CONSUMERS, AND SHALL ISSUE
   12  A REPORT OF HIS FINDINGS NOT LATER THAN JANUARY THIRTIETH, TWO  THOUSAND
   13  SIXTEEN.  THE REPORT SHALL SET FORTH THE NEED FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS
   14  ARTICLE NECESSITATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERED STERILE SEEDS, AND
   15  ANY OTHER STATUTORY OR REGULATORY PROVISIONS WHICH MAY BE  NECESSARY  OR
   16  DESIRABLE  TO  ENSURE  THAT  SUCH SEEDS ARE MARKETED, SOLD AND USED IN A
   17  MANNER WHICH BEST SERVES THE POLICY AND PURPOSES SET  FORTH  IN  SECTION
   18  THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES
   19  AND  SPECIAL  CONDITIONS WHICH MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO THE MARKETING, SALE
   20  AND USE OF ENGINEERED STERILE SEEDS. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE  A
   21  COPY  OF  THE  REPORT  TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE
   22  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE  CHAIRS  AND  MEMBERS  OF  THE
   23  SENATE AND ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEES.
   24    2.  NO  ENGINEERED  STERILE SEEDS SHALL BE PRODUCED DURING THE TIME OF
   25  SUCH STUDY BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   26    3. NO FOOD WHICH IS PRODUCED BY A GENETICALLY ENGINEERED STERILE  SEED
   27  SHALL BE SERVED IN ANY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
   28    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06875-01-1