| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2014 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S6317
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
Actions
2013-S6317 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง11-0931, En Con L
2013-S6317 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6317
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to prohibiting the discharge of firearms or long bows within
one thousand feet of a school or school playground
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To increase the distance which
hunters may hunt near schools from the current 500 feet to 1,000 feet.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Environmental Conservation Law
Section 11-0931(4)(a)(2) is amended to increase the distance at which
a discharge of a firearm is prohibited near a school or school
playground to 1,000 feet from the current law which is only 500 feet.
JUSTIFICATION: Hunting within 500 feet of children attending school
is simply too dangerous. At least one incident occurred recently in a
Monroe County School district where a hunter's bullet shattered a
class window and barely missed the children and teacher who were in
the classroom. The state needs to help prevent any further shooting
incidents such as this so no child or teacher is put at risk again.
Increasing the 500 feet "no hunting zone" to 1,000 feet will help
prevent future possible fatal shootings.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A.3162 of 2011-2012 - Referred to
Environmental Conservation A.1765 of 2009-2010 - Referred to
Environmental Conservation A.441 of 2007-2008 - Referred to
2013-S6317 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6317
I N S E N A T E
January 14, 2014
___________
Introduced by Sen. O'BRIEN -- 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
prohibiting the discharge of firearms or long bows within one thousand
feet of a school or school playground
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section
11-0931 of the environmental conservation law is amended to read as
follows:
(2) discharge a firearm or long bow within (I) five hundred feet from
a dwelling house, farm building or farm structure actually occupied or
used[, school building, school playground,] or occupied factory or
church, OR (II) ONE THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL BUILDING OR SCHOOL PLAY-
GROUND;
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13414-01-4
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.