Senate Bill S851

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Excepts agricultural land defined as livestock and livestock products from the prohibition on salt licks made, set or used on land inhabited by deer or bear

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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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:
S2472

2011-S851 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excepts agricultural land defined as livestock and livestock products from the prohibition on salt licks made, set or used on land inhabited by deer or bear; prohibits hunting deer or bear with the aid of a salt lick.

2011-S851 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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