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Of interest to California residents, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a very inclusive ivory ban into existence (AB-96) over the weekend.
I've read the bill as originally submitted, and the bill as finally amended and signed. Initially, the bill's definition of ivory excluded the words "mammoth" or "mastodon". The bill as finally amended and signed INCLUDES mammoth and mastodon (both teeth and tusks) within the bill's definition of ivory. The law becomes effective July 1, 2016.
The four paragraphs below are directly quoted from AB96 as amended and signed, though there are a few paragraphs that intervene between them that are left out that have little real relevance to our issues.
****Except as provided in subdivision (c), it is unlawful to purchase, sell, offer for sale, possess with intent to sell, or import with intent to sell ivory or rhinoceros horn.
Ivory means a tooth or tusk from a species of elephant, hippopotamus, mammoth, mastodon, walrus, warthog, whale, or narwhal, or a piece thereof, whether raw ivory or worked ivory, and includes a product containing, or advertised as containing, ivory.
Ivory or rhinoceros horn that is part of a musical instrument, including, but not limited to, a string or wind instrument or piano, and that is less than 20 percent by volume of the instrument, if the owner or seller provides historical documentation demonstrating provenance and showing the item was manufactured no later than 1975.
Ivory or rhinoceros horn that is part of a bona fide antique and that is less than five percent by volume of the antique, if the antique status is established by the owner or seller of the antique with historical documentation demonstrating provenance and showing the antique to be not less than 100 years old.****
And another one bites the dust.
I've read the bill as originally submitted, and the bill as finally amended and signed. Initially, the bill's definition of ivory excluded the words "mammoth" or "mastodon". The bill as finally amended and signed INCLUDES mammoth and mastodon (both teeth and tusks) within the bill's definition of ivory. The law becomes effective July 1, 2016.
The four paragraphs below are directly quoted from AB96 as amended and signed, though there are a few paragraphs that intervene between them that are left out that have little real relevance to our issues.
****Except as provided in subdivision (c), it is unlawful to purchase, sell, offer for sale, possess with intent to sell, or import with intent to sell ivory or rhinoceros horn.
Ivory means a tooth or tusk from a species of elephant, hippopotamus, mammoth, mastodon, walrus, warthog, whale, or narwhal, or a piece thereof, whether raw ivory or worked ivory, and includes a product containing, or advertised as containing, ivory.
Ivory or rhinoceros horn that is part of a musical instrument, including, but not limited to, a string or wind instrument or piano, and that is less than 20 percent by volume of the instrument, if the owner or seller provides historical documentation demonstrating provenance and showing the item was manufactured no later than 1975.
Ivory or rhinoceros horn that is part of a bona fide antique and that is less than five percent by volume of the antique, if the antique status is established by the owner or seller of the antique with historical documentation demonstrating provenance and showing the antique to be not less than 100 years old.****
And another one bites the dust.
