SB 20 — AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPORT, SALE AND POSSESSION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS, LIONS, LEOPARDS, BLACK RHINOCEROS, WHITE RHINOCEROS AND GIRAFFES.

General Assembly CommitteeSubstitute Bill No.

20 January Session, 2019 LCOAN No.ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPORT, SALE AND POSSESSION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS, LIONS, LEOPARDS, BLACK RHINOCEROS, WHITE RHINOCEROS AND GIRAFFES.

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(ENV) AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPORT, SALE AND POSSESSION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS, LIONS, LEOPARDS, BLACK RHINOCEROS, WHITE RHINOCEROS AND GIRAFFES.

(c) Any law enforcement officer shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this section and, whenever necessary, to execute any warrant to search for and seize any big six African species imported, LCOpossessed, No.sold, offered for sale or transported in violation of this section.

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(d)20 Unless such activity is otherwise prohibited by federal law, the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply if any of the following conditions exist:

(1) Such specimen of a big six African species was located or possessed within the state prior to the effective date of this section and the legal owner of such specimen obtained a certificate of possession from the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection;Protection not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section;

In any criminal prosecution pursuant to this section, secondary evidence, including, but not limited to, photographs, shall be admissible against the defendant to the same extent as such specimen would be admissible.

(g) Upon conviction of a person for violation of the provisions of this section or upon the entry of a judgment restraining a defendant from importing, possessing, selling, offering for sale or transporting LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-000202 of 4 R03-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.

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(j) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the transportation, purchase, exhibition or use of any animal in a motion picture, television or digital media production by a motion picture, television or digital media production company that employs or contracts with a dealer or exhibitor licensed pursuant to 7 USC 2133, as amended from time to time, or with a carrier, intermediate handler or unlicensed exhibitor registered under 7 USC 2136, as amended from time to time, to conduct such transport, purchase, exhibition or use.

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20 [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.

Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:

SEN.

DUFF, 25th Dist.;

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KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.

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