: : : 2006-08-07 to 2006-08-13
Tough Illegal Tissue Harvesting Law
August 7, 2006 09:22
On July 31, 2006, Governor George Pataki signed a bill into law that toughened criminal penalties regarding crimes against illegal tissue harvesting. The law changes the offenses of illegal dissection and sale of human organs from misdemeanors to low-level felonies.