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Senate Bill S6221

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that the open season for hunting coyotes shall be all year long in certain instances

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2015-S6221 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-0905, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S2510

2015-S6221 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the open season for hunting coyotes shall be all year long, provided that the county legislature has a resolution authorizing such hunting within the county.

2015-S6221 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6221

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- 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
  establishing  the  open  season  for hunting coyote in certain circum-
  stances

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  o  of  subdivision 2 of section 11-0905 of the
environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of
1990, is amended to read as follows:
  o. Coyote       [Fixed annually                 Fixed annually
                   by regulation]                 by regulation
                  AFTER DECEMBER
                  31, 2017, THE OPEN
                  SEASON FOR THESE
                  SPECIES SHALL BE ALL
                  YEAR, PROVIDED, THAT
                  THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE
                  PASSES A RESOLUTION
                  AUTHORIZING SUCH HUNTING
                  WITHIN THE COUNTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13076-02-5

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