BILL NUMBER: SB 880 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Calderon FEBRUARY 23, 2007 An act to amend Section 653o of the Penal Code, relating to crime. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 880, as introduced, Calderon. Crime. Existing law provides that it is a crime to import for commercial purposes, possess with intent to sell, or sell any part or product of the dead body of a kangaroo punishable by a fine between $1,000 and $5,000, imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 6 months, or both fine and imprisonment, for each violation. This bill would define "kangaroo" for the purposes of these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 653o of the Penal Code is amended to read: 653o. (a) It is unlawful to import into this state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of any polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah, jaguar, sable antelope, wolf (Canis lupus), zebra, whale, cobra, python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter, free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise (Delphinidae), Spanish lynx, or elephant. (b) Commencing January 1, 2010, it shall be unlawful to import into this state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of any crocodile or alligator. (c) For purposes of this section, "kangaroo" means those species of kangaroo that are included under either of the following: (1) The federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.). (2) The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed on March 3, 1973, 27 U.S.T. 1087 and its appendices.(c)(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jailfornot to exceed six months, or bothsuchfine and imprisonment, for each violation.(d)(e) The prohibitions against importation for commercial purposes, possession with intent to sell, and sale of the species listed in this section are severable. A finding of the invalidity of any one or more prohibitions shall not affect the validity of any remaining prohibitions.