NY State Senate Bill S3049

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 01, 2010	opinion referred to judiciary
Jan 12, 2010	to attorney-general for opinion
Jan 06, 2010	referred to judiciary
Apr 06, 2009	opinion referred to judiciary
Mar 16, 2009	to attorney-general for opinion
Mar 10, 2009	referred to judiciary

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S3049 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:: Ren Art 20 to be Art 21, add Art 20, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S2382
2013-2014: S3049
2015-2016: S7751
2017-2018: S1153
2019-2020: S688

S3049 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits counties and other local municipalities from regulating hunting, fishing, and trapping.

S3049 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S3049

 TITLE OF BILL :
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an
amendment to the constitution, in relation to the right to hunt, trap
and fish

 PURPOSE :
This proposed constitutional amendment would provide within the New
York State Constitution for a right of the people to hunt, trap and
fish.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
A new Article Twenty would be added to the state constitution to
ensure the right of the law-abiding citizen to hunt, trap and fish
subject to reasonable regulation by the state.

 JUSTIFICATION :
The roots of hunting, fishing and trapping go deep into the soil of
our American experience. A way of life to Native Americans and
European settlers and sources of food and commerce, they have since
matured beyond their subsistence origins to become revered outdoor
pastimes enjoyed by 1.7 million New Yorkers and visitors for the
pleasure, challenge, companionship, food and additional income that
our outdoor sporting traditions provide.

New York's outdoor sporting traditions have a significant impact on
New York's economy as well. According to the 1996 National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation conducted by the
U.S. departments of Interior and Commerce, recreational anglers and
hunters spent more than $2.5 billion in pursuit of their pastimes in
New York in 1996. New York hunters and anglers annually spend millions
of dollars for goods and services provided by businesses located
throughout the state. Apart from the cost of their sporting licenses,
outdoorsmen's expenditures support jobs, generate sales and income
taxes, and are integral parts of the tourism industry. Hunters and
anglers come from all over the United States to fish legendary
Catskill and Adirondack streams and enjoy the thrill of the ruffed
grouse flushing in our many forests and state wildlife management
areas.

Sportsmen spend money for equipment, bait and tackle, hotels and
motels, restaurants, lodges and camps, grocery and hardware stores,
vehicles, boats, fuel and guide services. The survey found that these
expenditures and their associated economic impact supported 43,000
jobs and generated $100 million in state sales taxes and $32 million
in state income taxes in New York State in 1996.

New York has invested considerable sums of tax dollars in the
acquisition of land for outdoor recreation, including canoeing,
kayaking and hiking, fishing rights, and hunting. Habitat restoration
projects, funded by the state, are designed in part to enhance fish
spawning and the proliferation of game species.

Because of the public dollars and license fees that have supported
game reintroductions and habitat improvements, the increasing
suburbanization of the state, continued loss of open and wild areas,
the distance between the population and our subsistence roots, and
their foundation in our culture and history, particularly in our rural
areas, the time honored and respected pastimes of hunting, fishing and
trapping should be recognized in our constitution as rights of the
people.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
S.2639 of 2008

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This amendment would take effect upon approval of the voters at a
general election succeeding the passage of such amendment by two
separately elected legislatures.

S3049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3049

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD,  BONACIC,  DeFRANCISCO,  LARKIN,  LITTLE,
  MAZIARZ, MORAHAN, NOZZOLIO, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered  printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing  an amendment to the constitution, in relation to the right to
  hunt, trap and fish

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That article 20  of  the
constitution  be  renumbered article 21 and a new article 20 be added to
read as follows:

                               ARTICLE XX
                      RIGHT TO HUNT, TRAP AND FISH

  SECTION 1.   HUNTING, TRAPPING, AND FISHING AND  THE  TAKING  OF  WILD
ANIMALS,  BIRDS  AND  FISH ARE A VALUED PART OF OUR HERITAGE AND WILL BE
FOREVER PRESERVED FOR THE PEOPLE. FISH AND WILDLIFE SHALL BE MANAGED  BY
LAWS  AND  REGULATIONS THAT PROVIDE  PERSONS WITH THE CONTINUED OPPORTU-
NITY TO TAKE, BY TRADITIONAL MEANS AND  METHODS,  SPECIES  TRADITIONALLY
PURSUED  BY HUNTERS, ANGLERS AND TRAPPERS. FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT,
INCLUDING TAKING, SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE'S DUTY  TO  PROTECT
THIS  HERITAGE  AND  ITS DUTY TO CONSERVE WILD ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND FISH,
AND NO COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE  SHALL
REGULATE AN INCIDENT OF THE RIGHT TO HUNT, TRAP AND FISH.
  S  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
next succeeding general election of members of  the  Assembly,  and,  in
conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD89092-01-9

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