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Assembly Bill A1437

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the hunting or taking of wildlife with the aid of an unmanned aerial vehicle

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2017-A1437 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S612
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-0103 & 11-0901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9697, S7474
2015-2016: A5435, S1249
2019-2020: A2525, S620
2021-2022: A4101, S6119
2023-2024: A4007, S5434
2025-2026: A1109

2017-A1437 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the hunting or taking of wildlife with the aid of an unmanned aerial vehicle.

2017-A1437 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1437
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT, JAFFEE, COLTON, COOK, McDONOUGH,
   ZEBROWSKI, BENEDETTO, M. G. MILLER, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M. of A.  FITZPATRICK, GLICK, TITONE -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prohibiting the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the course of hunt-
   ing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  11-0103 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 33 to read as follows:
   33. "UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE" MEANS  ANY  AIRCRAFT  THAT  IS  OPERATED
 WITHOUT  THE  POSSIBILITY OF DIRECT HUMAN INTERVENTION FROM WITHIN OR ON
 THE AIRCRAFT.
   § 2. Section 11-0901 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. NO PERSON SHALL HUNT OR TAKE WILDLIFE WITH THE AID OF AN UNMANNED
 AERIAL VEHICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05401-01-7

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