Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 01, 2014 | reported referred to codes |
Jan 08, 2014 | referred to environmental conservation |
Mar 04, 2013 | reported referred to codes |
Jan 28, 2013 | referred to environmental conservation |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Sandy Galef
Helene Weinstein
Linda Rosenthal
Multi-Sponsors
Joan Millman
N. Nick Perry
A3661 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S4074
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง11-0901 & 71-0921, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010: A2559
2011-2012: A3509
2015-2016: A3855, S2634
2017-2018: A4116, S5148
2019-2020: A722, S4253
2021-2022: S6643
2023-2024: S4099
A3661 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3661 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, COOK, GALEF, WEINSTEIN, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to making contests and competitions to take wildlife unlawful THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 14, 15, and 16 of section 11-0901 of the envi- ronmental conservation law, subdivision 14 as renumbered by chapter 486 of the laws of 1985, are renumbered subdivisions 15, 16, and 17 and a new subdivision 14 is added to read as follows: 14. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO ORGANIZE, CONDUCT, PROMOTE OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CONTEST OR COMPETITION WHERE THE OBJECTIVE OF SUCH CONTEST OR COMPETITION IS TO TAKE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF WILDLIFE. ANY WILDLIFE INJURED DURING THE COURSE OF A CONTEST OR COMPETITION CONDUCTED IN VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE TRANSPORTED TO A LICENSED WILDLIFE REHABILITATOR OR VETERINARIAN FOR TREATMENT OR HUMANE EUTHANA- SIA. THE REMAINS OF ANY WILDLIFE KILLED DURING THE COURSE OF A CONTEST OR COMPETITION CONDUCTED IN VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE FORFEITED BY EVERY ORGANIZER, PROMOTER, PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER PERSON CONDUCTING OR INVOLVED IN SUCH CONTEST OR COMPETITION, AND THE REMAINS OF SUCH WILDLIFE SHALL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT. S 2. Section 71-0921 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10-a to read as follows: 10-A. VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION 11-0901 OF THIS CHAPTER INVOLVING UNLAWFUL CONTESTS AND COMPETITIONS TO TAKE WILDLIFE. EACH SUCH MISDEMEANOR SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR OR BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BY BOTH SUCH IMPRISONMENT AND FINE. 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 [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04562-02-3