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Senate Bill S2943

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that disabled persons may utilize a crossbow in the taking of big game or small game, provided that they submit their disability status to the department

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2009-S2943 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A740
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-0901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2973, A469
2013-2014: S5984

2009-S2943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that disabled persons may utilize a crossbow in the taking of big game or small game, provided that they submit their disability status to the department.

2009-S2943 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2943

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  use of a mechanically equipped bow by disabled persons

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

  Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 3  of  section  11-0901  of  the
environmental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 34 of the laws of
1979, is amended to read as follows:
  g. [Wildlife] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISIONS FIFTEEN  AND  SIXTEEN
OF  THIS SECTION, WILDLIFE shall not be taken by the use of a cross-bow,
by a long bow drawn, pulled, released, or held in a  drawn  position  by
any  mechanical  device  attached to a portion of the bow other than the
bowstring, or by the use of a device commonly called a spear gun.
  S 2. Subdivision 15 of section 11-0901 of the environmental  conserva-
tion  law,  as  amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 1988, is amended to
read as follows:
  15. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  this  section,  the
department  may  [issue a permit to take] ADOPT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW THE
TAKING OF big game or small game by the use of a  bow  equipped  with  a
mechanical  device  for holding and releasing the bowstring, attached to
the handle section of an otherwise legal bow, OR BY THE USE OF A  CROSS-
BOW,  to  any  PHYSICALLY  DISABLED person who is permanently physically
incapable of drawing and holding a bow because of a physical handicap or
disability, subject to such restrictions as  the  department  may  [deem
necessary in the interest of public safety] ADOPT BY REGULATION. FOR THE
PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON" SHALL MEAN ANY
PERSON  WHO  SUBMITS  TO  THE DEPARTMENT A STATEMENT OF A PHYSICIAN DULY
LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE THAT SUCH PERSON IS  PHYSICALLY  INCAPABLE
OF  ARM  MOVEMENT  SUFFICIENT TO RELEASE A BOW AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
FOUR OF THIS SECTION OR AS OTHERWISE DEFINED IN DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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