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                                  7493

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 13, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  allowing the use of rifles for hunting in the  county  of  Chautauqua;
  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
  of

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

  Section 1. Item (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907
of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 412 of  the
laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:

(i) The counties of       Deer, the first Monday  Pistol, shotgun,
  Allegany,               after November 15       muzzle loading
  Cattaraugus,            through first Tuesday   firearm,
  CHAUTAUQUA EXCEPT       after December 7        rifle or
  THAT PORTION OF                                 long bow only
  THE COUNTY NORTH
  OF ROUTE 20,
  Chemung, Chenango,
  Herkimer, Madison
  Montgomery, Oneida,
  Oswego, Otsego,
  Schoharie, Steuben,
  Tioga and Yates
  and that portion of
  the county of
  Broome east of the
  Susquehanna river

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S  2.   Item (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of
the environmental conservation law, as amended by  chapter  296  of  the
laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:

 (i) The counties of      Deer, the first Monday  Pistol, shotgun,
  Allegany,               after November 15       muzzle loading
  Cattaraugus,            through first Tuesday   firearm,
  CHAUTAUQUA EXCEPT       after December 7        rifle or
  THAT PORTION OF                                 long bow only
  THE COUNTY
  NORTH OF
  ROUTE 20,
  Chemung,
  Chenango, Herkimer,
  Montgomery, Oneida,
  Oswego, Otsego,
  Schoharie, Steuben,
  Tioga and Yates
  and that portion of
  the county of
  Broome east of the
  Susquehanna river
  S  3.  Item  (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of
the environmental conservation law, as added by section 2 of chapter 600
of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
(i) The counties of       Deer and bear, the      Pistol, shotgun,
  Allegany,               first Monday after      muzzle loading
  Cattaraugus,            November 15 through     firearm, rifle or
  CHAUTAUQUA              first Tuesday after     long bow only
  EXCEPT THAT             December 7
  PORTION OF
  THE COUNTY
  NORTH OF
  ROUTE 20,
  Chenango, Herkimer,
  Montgomery, Oneida,
  Oswego, Otsego,
  Schoharie and Tioga
  and that portion of
  the county of
  Broome east of the
  Susquehanna river
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
ments  to item (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of
the environmental conservation law made by section one of this act shall
be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to
section 3 of chapter 412 of the laws of 2008, as amended, when upon such
date the provisions of section two of this act  shall  take  effect  and
provided,  further,  that  the  amendments to item (i) of paragraph a of
subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of the environmental  conservation  law
made  by  section two of this act shall be subject to the expiration and
reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 13 of chapter 600 of the
laws of 1993, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of  section
three  of  this  act  shall  take  effect  and provided further that the
provisions of this act shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  one  year
after such effective date.