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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
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Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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
  allowing  the use of rifles for deer hunting in the county of Chautau-
  qua;

  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 section 11 of chap-
ter 483 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:

(i) The counties of       Deer, the first Monday  Pistol, shotgun,
  Allegany, Cattaraugus,  after November 15       crossbow,
  CHAUTAUQUA EXCEPT       through first Tuesday   muzzle loading
  THAT PORTION OF         after December 7        firearm, rifle or
  THE COUNTY NORTH                                long bow only
  OF ROUTE 20,
  Chemung,
  Chenango, Herkimer,
  Madison,
  Montgomery, Oneida,
  Oswego, Otsego,
  Schoharie, Schuyler,
  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 section 12 of  chapter
483 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) The counties of     Deer and bear, the      Pistol, shotgun,
  Allegany,               first Monday after      crossbow,
  Cattaraugus,            November 15 through     muzzle loading
  CHAUTAUQUA EXCEPT       first Tuesday after     firearm, rifle or
  THAT PORTION OF         December 7              long bow only
  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  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 13 of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993,  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
repeal of such paragraph pursuant to section 17 of chapter  483  of  the
laws  of 2010, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section
three of this act shall take effect.