Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 21, 2012 |
committed to rules |
Jun 11, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 06, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 05, 2012 |
1st report cal.1037 |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation returned to senate died in assembly |
May 24, 2011 |
referred to environmental conservation delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 23, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
May 18, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
May 17, 2011 |
1st report cal.678 |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S851
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2011-S851 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง11-0505 & 11-0901, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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2011-S851 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S851 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the prohibition on salt licks on land inhabited by deer or bear and prohibiting the hunting of deer or bear with the aid of a salt lick PURPOSE: This bill exempts agricultural land used for production of livestock or livestock products from the prohibition on salt licks. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: State Environmental Conservation Law is amended to exempt agricultural land used for production of livestock or livestock products from the prohibition on salt licks which is applicable to all land inhabited by deer or bear. JUSTIFICATION: The practice of baiting deer or bear with the use of salt licks for purposes of big game hunting is illegal in New York State. This statutory ban was implemented with the intention of preventing big
2011-S851 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 851 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ 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 the prohibition on salt licks on land inhabited by deer or bear and prohibiting the hunting of deer or bear with the aid of a salt lick THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 11-0505 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: 3. No deer or bear traps shall be made, set or used upon land inhabit- ed by deer or bear. No salt lick shall be made, set or used upon land inhabited by deer or bear, EXCEPT ON LAND USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LIVESTOCK OR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDIVISION TWO AND SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, AND except that the department may do so on state wildlife refuges and wildlife management areas. S 2. Subparagraph 9 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 11-0901 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 483 of the laws of 2010, is amended and a new subparagraph 10 is added to read as follows: (9) with a crossbow unless such crossbow shall consist of a bow and string, either compound or recurve, that launches a minimum fourteen inch bolt, not including point, mounted upon a stock with a trigger that holds the string and limbs under tension until released. The trigger unit of such crossbow must have a working safety. The minimum limb width of such crossbow shall be seventeen inches, have a minimum peak draw weight of one hundred pounds and a maximum peak draw weight of two EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03439-02-1
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