Bill Text: NY S01255 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes Monk (Quaker) parakeets, protected birds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01255 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01255-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1255
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sens. ADDABBO, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
         Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         making monk (Quaker) parakeets protected birds
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision 5 of section 11-0103 of the
    2  environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 47 of the laws  of
    3  1976, is amended to read as follows:
    4    a.  "Unprotected  wild  birds" means the English sparrow and starling,
    5  and also includes pigeons and psittacine birds, EXCEPT FOR MONK (QUAKER)
    6  PARAKEETS, existing in a wild state, not domesticated.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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