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                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sens. RANZENHOFER, CROCI, GALLIVAN, SEWARD -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  definition of non-ambulatory for purposes  of  non-ambulatory  hunting
  permits

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2  of  section  11-0931  of  the  environmental
conservation  law,  as  amended by section 8 of part EE of chapter 55 of
the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  2. No crossbow or firearm except a pistol or revolver shall be carried
or possessed in or on a motor vehicle  unless  it  is  uncocked,  for  a
crossbow  or  unloaded,  for a firearm in both the chamber and the maga-
zine, except that a loaded firearm which may be legally used for  taking
migratory  game  birds  may be carried or possessed in a motorboat while
being legally used in hunting migratory game birds, and no person except
a law enforcement officer in the  performance  of  his  official  duties
shall,  while  in  or  on a motor vehicle, use a jacklight, spotlight or
other artificial light upon lands inhabited by deer if he or she  is  in
possession  or  is  accompanied by a person who is in possession, at the
time of such use, of a longbow, crossbow  or  a  firearm  of  any  kind,
except a pistol or revolver, unless such longbow or crossbow is unstrung
or such firearm or crossbow is taken down or securely fastened in a case
or locked in the trunk of the vehicle. For purposes of this subdivision,
motor  vehicle  shall mean every vehicle or other device operated by any
power other than muscle power, and which shall include but not be limit-
ed to automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, tractors,  trailers  and  motor-
boats,  snowmobiles and snowtravelers, whether operated on or off public
highways.   Notwithstanding the  provisions  of  this  subdivision,  the
department  may  issue  a  permit  to  any person who is non-ambulatory,
except with the use of a mechanized aid, to possess a loaded firearm  in
or  on  a  motor  vehicle  as  defined  in this section, subject to such

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

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restrictions as the department may deem necessary  in  the  interest  of
public  safety.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, NON-AMBULATORY SHALL
MEAN UNABLE TO MOVE ABOUT IN A FIELD, WOOD OR OTHER HUNTING ARENA  WITH-
OUT   MECHANICAL   ASSISTANCE.  Nothing  in  this  section  permits  the
possession of a pistol or a revolver contrary to the penal law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.