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Assembly Bill A7190

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows for the trapping of snapping turtles

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2009-A7190 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง11-0701, 11-0901 & 11-1103, En Con L

2009-A7190 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for the trapping of snapping turtles.

2009-A7190 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7190

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to trap-
  ping snapping turtles

  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, 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,
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, [and]
  (2)  frogs  may also be taken by spearing, catching with the hands, or
by the use of a club or hook[.], AND
  (3) SNAPPING TURTLES MAY ALSO BE TAKEN BY CATCHING WITH THE  HANDS  OR
BY  THE USE OF A NET OR POLE, OR BY TRAPPING PURSUANT TO TITLES 7 AND 11
OF THIS ARTICLE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10507-01-9

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