Plain English Breakdown
The source states exceptions exist ('except as specified') but does not describe them, leaving uncertainty about when the ban applies.
Ethics Over Aesthetics Act
This law prohibits importing for profit, selling, or offering for sale in the state a transgenic pet animal with a cosmetic trait created by changing its genes.
What This Bill Does
- Prohibits importing for profit, selling, or offering for sale in this state a transgenic pet animal that possesses a cosmetic transgenic trait, except as specified.
- Sets a civil penalty of not less than $5,000 for each separate violation involving the importation, sale, or offer to sell such an animal.
- Authorizes district attorneys and city attorneys in the location where the violation occurred to bring legal actions to enforce this prohibition.
Who It Names or Affects
- People who import transgenic pet animals with cosmetic traits into the state for profit
- Sellers or those offering for sale transgenic pet animals with cosmetic traits in the state
- District attorneys and city attorneys responsible for enforcement
Terms To Know
- Transgenic pet animal
- A pet animal that possesses a trait created by changing its genetic material, as specified.
- Cosmetic transgenic trait
- A physical feature of an animal resulting from changed genes, which is the specific type targeted by this prohibition.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill includes exceptions ('except as specified') but does not list what those exceptions are in the provided text.
- The effective date of the law is not included in the source material.
- The specific definition of 'cosmetic transgenic trait' beyond it being a trait possessed by the animal is not detailed in the summary.