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                                  4376

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 22, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  reducing  the  required  minimum  age  for  obtaining a junior archery
  license

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision 2 of section 11-0701 of the
environmental conservation law, as amended by section 7  of  part  F  of
chapter 82 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  c.  A junior archery license entitles a resident holder who is between
the ages of [fourteen] TWELVE and sixteen years to hunt  wild  deer  and
bear  with  a  longbow  during the special archery season and during the
regular season, as provided in title 9  of  this  article,  as  if  such
person  held a license which authorizes the holder to hunt big game with
a bowhunting stamp affixed, subject to the provisions of section 11-0929
and subdivision 3 of section 11-0713 of  this  article.  It  entitles  a
non-resident  holder  who  is  between the ages of [fourteen] TWELVE and
sixteen years to hunt wild deer and  bear  with  a  longbow  during  the
special  archery  season  and  during the regular season, as provided in
title 9 of this article, as if such person held a non-resident  bowhunt-
ing  license, a non-resident license which authorizes the holder to hunt
deer and a non-resident bear tag, subject to the provisions  of  section
11-0929 and subdivision 3 of section 11-0713 of this article.
  S  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 11-0713 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as amended by chapter 344 of the laws of 2008, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  2.  The  issuing officer shall not issue a junior archery license to a
person between the ages of [fourteen] TWELVE and  sixteen  or  a  junior
hunting license to a person between the ages of twelve and sixteen years
unless  at  the  time of issuance applicant is accompanied by his or her

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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parent or legal guardian who  shall  consent  to  the  issuance  of  the
license  and  shall  so signify by signing his OR HER name in ink across
the face of it. At no time shall such licenses  be  issued  by  mail  to
persons between the ages of twelve and sixteen years.
  S  3.  Subdivision 3 of section 11-0719 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as amended by chapter 344 of the laws of 2008, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  3.  A junior hunting license issued to a person who is at least twelve
and less than sixteen years of age or a junior archery license issued to
a person who is [fourteen or fifteen] BETWEEN THE  AGES  OF  TWELVE  AND
SIXTEEN  years  [of  age]  may  be  revoked by the department upon proof
satisfactory to the department that such person, while under the age  of
sixteen,  has  engaged  in  hunting  wildlife  with a gun or longbow, in
circumstances in which a license is required, while not  accompanied  by
his  or  her  parent,  guardian  or  other  adult as provided in section
11-0929 of this article. If such license or  privilege  is  revoked  the
department  shall  fix  the  period  of such revocation, which is not to
exceed four years. The department may require that such person  success-
fully complete a department sponsored course and obtain a certificate of
qualification in responsible hunting or responsible bowhunting practices
before being issued another hunting or bowhunting license.
  S  4.  Subdivision 3 of section 11-0929 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as amended by chapter 344 of the laws of 2008, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  3. A licensee who is BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWELVE AND sixteen [or seven-
teen]  years  [of  age]  and  who has not previously had a license which
authorizes the holder to hunt big game issued to him or her and  engaged
in  hunting  pursuant to it shall not hunt deer or bear unless he or she
is accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian, or  by  a  person
designated  in  writing by his or her parent or legal guardian on a form
prescribed by the department and who is eighteen years of age  or  older
and  who has had at least one year's experience in hunting deer or bear,
and such accompanying parent, guardian or person holds a  license  which
authorizes the holder to hunt big game.
  S  5.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.