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Assembly Bill A8072

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows live restraint cable devices for trapping of animals

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2009-A8072 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-1101, En Con L

2009-A8072 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows live restraint cable devices for trapping of animals.

2009-A8072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8072

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 4, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  allowing live restraint cable devices for the trapping of animals

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  11-1101 of the environmental
conservation law is amended to read as follows:
  5. Except as provided in subdivision 1 or 2 of  section  11-0523  with
respect to destructive and menacing wildlife, no person shall (a) set or
use  a trap of the leg-gripping type having teeth in the jaws; (b) set a
trap so that wildlife when caught is suspended; (c) use, locate or set a
snare or a device consisting of a  noose  of  any  material  whereby  an
animal may be taken, EXCEPT LIVE RESTRAINT CABLE DEVICES, MAY BE USED TO
CAPTURE WILDLIFE PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11089-01-9

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