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                                  4821

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to big
  game hunting in Broome county

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation  law,  as  amended  by
chapter  600 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new item (k) is added
to read as follows:
  Regular open hunting seasons for [deer] BIG GAME are established sepa-
rately for the named regions or parts  of  regions,  or  named  counties
listed in column one of the table set forth in this subdivision, and are
specified  as  seasons for taking by pistol, rifle, shotgun or long bow,
or for taking by shotgun or long bow only, or for  taking  by  long  bow
only,  as  indicated  in column three entitled "Manner of Taking". Where
taking of big game by shotgun is permitted by this chapter such  shotgun
may  contain rifling in all or a portion of the barrel, provided, howev-
er, if the barrel or a portion thereof does contain rifling only  shells
having  non-metallic  cases,  except  for  the base, may be used. In the
areas identified in column one except in the "closed areas" specified in
subdivision 5 the game specified in column two may be taken in the  open
season  stated  in column two immediately following the specification of
the game, in the manner specified in column three.

(K) BROOME COUNTY         DEAR AND BEAR,          PISTOL, SHOTGUN,
                          THE FIRST MONDAY        MUZZLE
                          AFTER NOVEMBER 15       LOADING FIREARM,
                          THROUGH THE FIRST       RIFLE OR LONG
                          TUESDAY AFTER           BOW ONLY
                          DECEMBER 7

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08491-02-3
              

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  S 2. Items (f) and (i) of paragraph a  of  subdivision  2  of  section
11-0907  of  the  environmental conservation law, item (f) as amended by
section 3 of chapter 323 of the laws of 2011 and item (i) as amended  by
chapter 231 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:

(f) Southern tier,        Deer and bear,          Pistol, shotgun,
  central and Western     first Monday after      muzzle loading
  region, except those    November 15             firearm or
  counties or portions    through first           long bow only
  thereof listed in       Tuesday after
  item (i) [or],          December 7
  (j) OR (K) of
  this paragraph

(i) The counties of       Deer, the first Monday  Pistol, shotgun,
  Allegany, Cattaraugus,  after November 15       muzzle loading
  Cayuga, Chautauqua      through first Tuesday   firearm, rifle or
  except that portion     after December 7        long bow only
  of the county north
  of route 20, Chemung,
  Chenango, Herkimer,
  Madison,
  Montgomery, Oneida,
  Oswego, Otsego,
  Schoharie, Schuyler,
  Steuben, Tioga,
  Wyoming and Yates
  [and that portion of
  the county of
  Broome east of the
  Susquehanna river]
  S  3.  Items  (f)  and  (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section
11-0907 of the environmental conservation law, item  (f)  as  separately
amended  by chapter 108 of the laws of 1995 and section 1 of chapter 600
of the laws of 2005 and item (i) as separately amended by chapter 441 of
the laws of 2009 and chapter 231 of the laws of  2012,  are  amended  to
read as follows:

(f) Southern tier,        Deer, first             Pistol, shotgun,
  central and Western     Monday after November   muzzle loading firearm
  region, except those    15 through first        or long bow only
  counties or portions    Tuesday after
  thereof listed in       December 7
  item (i) OR (K) of
  this paragraph

(i) The counties of       Deer, the               Pistol, shotgun,
  Allegany, Cattaraugus,  first Monday after      muzzle loading
  Cayuga, Chemung,        November 15 through     firearm, rifle or
  Chenango, Herkimer,     first Tuesday after     long bow only
  Madison, Montgomery,    December 7
  Oneida, Oswego,
  Otsego, Schoharie,
  Schuyler, Steuben,
  Tioga and Yates
  [and that portion of

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  the county of
  Broome east of the
  Susquehanna river]
  S  4.  Item  (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of
the environmental conservation law, as amended 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, BROOME,       first Monday after      muzzle loading
  Cattaraugus,            November 15 through     firearm, rifle or
  Chenango, Herkimer,     first Tuesday after     long bow only
  Montgomery, Oneida,     December 7
  Oswego, Otsego,
  Schoharie and Tioga
  [and that portion
  of the county
  of Broome east of the
  Susquehanna river]
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however that:
  a.  the  amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907
of the environmental conservation law made by section one  of  this  act
shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to
expire therewith;
  b. the amendments to items (f) and (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 reversion of such
items  when  upon  such date the provisions of section three of this act
shall take effect;
  c. the amendments to items (f) and (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2
of section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law made by section
three of this act shall be subject to the expiration  and  reversion  of
such  paragraph,  when  upon such date the provisions of section four of
this act shall take effect.