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Assembly Bill A11341

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to trapping license to trap snapping turtles

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2009-A11341 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง11-0701, 11-0901 & 11-1103, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A378
2013-2014: A2490

2009-A11341 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to trapping license to trap snapping turtles.

2009-A11341 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11341

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Magee, Oaks)
  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
  tion

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to snap-
  ping turtles; and providing for the repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
  expiration thereof

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 10 of  section  11-0701  of  the  environmental
conservation  law,  as  amended by chapter 57 of the laws of 1993 and as
renumbered by chapter 470 of the laws of 1994, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  10.  A  trapping  license  entitles  the holder to trap beaver, otter,
fisher, mink, muskrat, skunk, raccoon,  bobcat,  coyote,  fox,  opossum,
weasel,  pine  marten, SNAPPING TURTLES, and unprotected wildlife except
birds, as  provided  in  title  11  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  subject  to  the
provisions of subdivision [6] 3 of section 11-0713 of this article.
  S  2.  Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 11-0901 of the environ-
mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 825 of the laws  of  1973
and  subparagraph  1  as  amended by chapter 407 of the laws of 1976, is
amended to read as follows:
  c. Wild small game and wild upland game birds shall be taken  only  by
longbow or gun, or by the use of raptors as provided in title 10 of this
article, except that:
  (1) skunk, raccoon, bobcat, coyote, fox, mink and muskrat may be taken
in any manner not prohibited in this section or in title 11 of [the Fish
and Wildlife Law] THIS ARTICLE, and
  (2) frogs AND SNAPPING TURTLES may also be taken by spearing, catching
with the hands, or by the use of a club, NET, POLE or hook, AND SNAPPING
TURTLES  MAY  ALSO  BE  TAKEN BY TRAPPING PURSUANT TO TITLES 7 AND 11 OF
THIS ARTICLE.
  S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 11-1103 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion  law,  as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, is amended to
read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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