NY State Senate Bill 2011-S7003

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 14, 2012	print number 7003a
May 14, 2012	amend and recommit to environmental conservation
Apr 20, 2012	referred to environmental conservation

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2011-S7003 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§11-0701, 11-0901 & 11-1103, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: S2170

2011-S7003 - Summary

Relates to trapping license to trap snapping turtles.

2011-S7003 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7003

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to snapping
turtles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the regulated
trapping, netting, poling or catching of snapping turtles, which can
currently only be taken by gun or longbow.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends Subdivision 10 of section
11-0701 of the Environmental Conservation Law to include snapping
turtles among the small games animals permitted to be taken by an
appropriately licensed trapper.

Section two clarifies that snapping turtles, in addition to other
specified game, can be taken by specified means other than the use of
a gun or longbow.

Section three establishes Department of Environmental Conservation
authority to regulate the taking of snapping turtles, and set
seasons, bag limits and areas.

JUSTIFICATION:
Snapping turtles were historically harvested for food
in the absence of any regulatory measures to limit harvest. Several
commercial collectors reportedly harvested thousands of turtles using
a variety of methods, including taking of turtles prior to the
females having nested for the year. Several years ago, snapping
turtles were designated as small game in the Fish and Wildlife Law,
allowing for their regulatory protection.
Measures are in place to limit the daily and seasonal take of snapping
turtles and to protect egg-bearing females prior to nesting, and
young turtles that have not reached reproductive size, helping to
ensure self-sustaining populations of snapping turtles for the future.
Most individuals who harvested snapping turtles before they became
"small game" did so primarily by hand, net, pole or turtle trap.
Currently, however, the only legal method to take snapping turtles is
by shooting by longbow or gun. This bill would authorize snapping
turtles to be taken by hand, net or trap.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.11341 of 2010.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed on and after September 30, 2014.

2011-S7003 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7003

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 20, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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 snap-
  ping turtles; and providing for the repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
  expiration thereof

  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  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  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
and  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] THIS ARTICLE, and
  (2) frogs AND SNAPPING TURTLES may also be taken by spearing, catching
with the hands, or by the use of a club, NET, POLE or hook, AND SNAPPING
TURTLES  MAY  ALSO  BE  TAKEN BY TRAPPING PURSUANT TO TITLES 7 AND 11 OF
THIS ARTICLE.
  S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 11-1103 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion  law,  as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, is amended to
read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03571-01-1

S. 7003                             2

  1. The department may by regulation permit trapping of beaver, fisher,
otter, bobcat, coyote, fox, raccoon, opossum,  weasel,  skunk,  muskrat,
pine  marten [and], mink, SNAPPING TURTLES, or any of them, in specified
areas, and may regulate the taking, possession and disposition  of  such
animals.   The periods in which trapping of such animals is so permitted
are open seasons for the trapping of the species for which the period is
fixed, in the area or areas for which it is so fixed.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
deemed repealed on and after September 30, 2014.

2011-S7003A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§11-0701, 11-0901 & 11-1103, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: S2170

2011-S7003A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to trapping license to trap snapping turtles.

2011-S7003A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7003A

TITLE OF BILL:
An  act  to  amend  the environmental conservation law, in relation to
snapping turtles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
expiration thereof

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to provide  for  the  regulated  trapping,
netting,  poling  or catching of snapping turtles, which can currently
only be taken by gun or longbow.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section  one  amends  Subdivision  10  of  section  11-0701   of   the
Environmental  Conservation  Law to include snapping turtles among the
small games animals permitted to be taken by an appropriately licensed
trapper.

Section two clarifies that snapping  turtles,  in  addition  to  other
specified  game, can be taken by specified means other than the use of
a gun or longbow.

Section three establishes  Department  of  Environmental  Conservation
authority to regulate the taking of snapping turtles, and set seasons,
bag limits and areas.

JUSTIFICATION:
Snapping  turtles  were historically harvested for food in the absence
of any  regulatory  measures  to  limit  harvest.  Several  commercial
collectors  reportedly  harvested thousands of turtles using a variety
of methods, including taking of turtles prior to  the  females  having
nested  for  the  year.  Several  years  ago,  snapping  turtles  were
designated as small game in the Fish and Wildlife  Law,  allowing  for
their  regulatory protection. Measures are in place to limit the daily
and seasonal take of  snapping  turtles  and  to  protect  egg-bearing
females  prior  to  nesting,  and  young turtles that have not reached
reproductive size, helping to ensure  self-sustaining  populations  of
snapping  turtles  for  the  future.  Most  individuals  who harvested
snapping turtles before they became "small game" did so  primarily  by
hand,  net,  pole  or  turtle trap. Currently, however, the only legal
method to take snapping turtles is by  shooting  by  longbow  or  gun.
This bill would authorize snapping turtles to be taken by hand, net or
trap.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.11341 of 2010.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed on and after September 30, 2014.

2011-S7003A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7003--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 20, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to snap-
  ping  turtles;  and  providing  for the repeal of such provisions upon
  expiration thereof

  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  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  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
and 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] THIS ARTICLE, and
  (2) frogs AND SNAPPING TURTLES may also be taken by spearing, catching
with the hands, or by the use of a club or hook,  AND  SNAPPING  TURTLES
MAY  ALSO BE TAKEN BY TRAPPING PURSUANT TO TITLES 7 AND 11 OF THIS ARTI-
CLE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03571-04-2

S. 7003--A                          2

  S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 11-1103 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion  law,  as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, is amended to
read as follows:
  1. The department may by regulation permit trapping of beaver, fisher,
otter,  bobcat,  coyote,  fox, raccoon, opossum, weasel, skunk, muskrat,
pine marten [and], mink, SNAPPING TURTLES, or any of them, in  specified
areas,  and  may regulate the taking, possession and disposition of such
animals.  The periods in which trapping of such animals is so  permitted
are open seasons for the trapping of the species for which the period is
fixed, in the area or areas for which it is so fixed.
  S  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed on and after September 30, 2014.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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2011-S7003 - Details

2011-S7003 - Summary

2011-S7003 - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7003 - Bill Text download pdf

2011-S7003A (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S7003A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S7003A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7003A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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