Senate Bill S3062

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to limiting, restricting or prohibiting trapping

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S3062 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §11-1111, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5423
2011-2012: S2698
2013-2014: S1039
2015-2016: S1009

2017-S3062 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that each county within the state may limit, restrict or prohibit trapping within its municipal limits; provides that municipalities may do so by local law or ordinance.

2017-S3062 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3062
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SERRANO, AVELLA, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, PERKINS -- 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 muni-
   cipalities regulating the use of traps

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 11-1111 to read as follows:
 § 11-1111. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF TRAPPING.
   NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY OTHER
 LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE MAY, BY LOCAL  LAW  OR
 ORDINANCE,  RESTRICT,  LIMIT  OR  PROHIBIT TRAPPING WITHIN ITS MUNICIPAL
 LIMITS. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  DEEMED  TO  PROHIBIT  THE
 DEPARTMENT  FROM  EXERCISING  ITS  EMERGENCY  POWERS PURSUANT TO SECTION
 11-0325 OF THIS ARTICLE IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL OF FISH  OR  WILDLIFE
 IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OR SPREAD OF DISEASE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08495-01-7

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