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Assembly Bill A4116

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Makes contests, competitions, tournaments and derbys to take wildlife unlawful

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2017-A4116 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-0901 & 71-0921, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2559
2011-2012: A3509
2013-2014: A3661
2015-2016: A3855
2019-2020: A722

2017-A4116 - Summary

Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to organize, sponsor, conduct, promote, or participate in any contest, competition, tournament or derby where the objective of such contest or competition is to take wildlife.

2017-A4116 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4116
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK, COOK, GALEF, WEINSTEIN, ROSENTHAL, ENGLE-
   BRIGHT, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Environ-
   mental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   making contests and competitions to take wildlife unlawful

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 14, 15, and 16 of section 11-0901 of the envi-
 ronmental  conservation law, subdivision 14 as renumbered by chapter 486
 of the laws of 1985, are renumbered subdivisions 15, 16, and  17  and  a
 new subdivision 14 is added to read as follows:
   14.  IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO ORGANIZE, CONDUCT, PROMOTE
 OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CONTEST OR COMPETITION WHERE THE OBJECTIVE OF SUCH
 CONTEST OR COMPETITION IS TO TAKE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF  WILDLIFE.  ANY
 WILDLIFE INJURED DURING THE COURSE OF A CONTEST OR COMPETITION CONDUCTED
 IN  VIOLATION  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL BE TRANSPORTED TO A LICENSED
 WILDLIFE REHABILITATOR OR VETERINARIAN FOR TREATMENT OR HUMANE  EUTHANA-
 SIA.  THE  REMAINS OF ANY WILDLIFE KILLED DURING THE COURSE OF A CONTEST
 OR COMPETITION CONDUCTED IN  VIOLATION  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE
 FORFEITED  BY EVERY ORGANIZER, PROMOTER, PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER PERSON
 CONDUCTING OR INVOLVED IN SUCH CONTEST OR COMPETITION, AND  THE  REMAINS
 OF SUCH WILDLIFE SHALL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT.
   §  2. Section 71-0921 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
   10-A. VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION  11-0901  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER  INVOLVING  UNLAWFUL CONTESTS AND COMPETITIONS TO TAKE WILDLIFE.
 EACH SUCH MISDEMEANOR SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR  NOT  MORE
 THAN  ONE  YEAR  OR  BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR
 MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BY BOTH SUCH IMPRISONMENT AND FINE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-A4116A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-0901 & 71-0921, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2559
2011-2012: A3509
2013-2014: A3661
2015-2016: A3855
2019-2020: A722

2017-A4116A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to organize, sponsor, conduct, promote, or participate in any contest, competition, tournament or derby where the objective of such contest or competition is to take wildlife.

2017-A4116A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4116--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GLICK, COOK, GALEF, WEINSTEIN, L. ROSENTHAL,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, SEPULVEDA, D'URSO, McDONOUGH  --  read  once  and
   referred  to  the  Committee on Environmental Conservation -- reported
   and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee
   on Codes in accordance with Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   making contests, competitions, tournaments and derbys to take wildlife
   unlawful
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 14, 15 and 16 of section 11-0901 of the envi-
 ronmental conservation law, subdivision 14 as renumbered by chapter  486
 of the laws of 1985, are renumbered subdivisions 15, 16 and 17 and a new
 subdivision 14 is added to read as follows:
   14. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO ORGANIZE, SPONSOR, CONDUCT,
 PROMOTE,  OR  PARTICIPATE  IN  ANY  CONTEST, COMPETITION, TOURNAMENT, OR
 DERBY WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF TAKING OR HUNTING  WILDLIFE  FOR  PRIZES  OR
 OTHER INDUCEMENT, OR FOR ENTERTAINMENT.  ANY WILDLIFE INJURED DURING THE
 COURSE  OF  A  CONTEST,  COMPETITION,  TOURNAMENT, OR DERBY CONDUCTED IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE TRANSPORTED TO A  LICENSED  WILD-
 LIFE REHABILITATOR OR VETERINARIAN FOR TREATMENT OR HUMANE EUTHANASIA IF
 BEST EFFORTS TO REHABILITATE AND RELEASE THE ANIMAL FAIL. THE REMAINS OF
 ANY WILDLIFE KILLED DURING THE COURSE OF A CONTEST, COMPETITION, TOURNA-
 MENT,  OR  DERBY  CONDUCTED  IN  VIOLATION  OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
 FORFEITED BY EVERY ORGANIZER, PROMOTER, PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER  PERSON
 CONDUCTING  OR  INVOLVED  IN  SUCH  CONTEST, COMPETITION, TOURNAMENT, OR
 DERBY AND THE REMAINS OF SUCH WILDLIFE SHALL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF  THE
 DEPARTMENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03100-05-8

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