Assembly Bill A5858

                            
 
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                                   5858
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC, FRIEND -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   allowing the use of rifles for hunting in Rockland county
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Item (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907
 of  the  environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 73 of the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 
   (i) The counties of     Deer, the first Monday   Pistol, shotgun,
   Allegany, Cattaraugus,  after November 15        crossbow,
   Cayuga, Chautauqua      through first Tuesday    muzzle loading
   except that portion     after December 7         firearm, rifle or
   of the county north                              long bow only
   of route 20, Chemung,
   Chenango, Herkimer,
   Madison,
   Montgomery, Oneida,
   Oswego, Otsego,
   ROCKLAND,
   Schoharie, Schuyler,
   Steuben, Tioga,
   Wyoming, Seneca
   and Yates
   and that portion of
   the county of
   Broome east of the
   Susquehanna river
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09037-01-7

              

 A. 5858                             2
 
   § 2. Item (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of  section  11-0907  of
 the  environmental conservation law, as amended by section 14 of part EE
 of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 
 (i) The counties of       Deer, the first Monday   Pistol, shotgun,
   Allegany, Cattaraugus,  after November 15        crossbow,
   Cayuga, Chautauqua      through first Tuesday    muzzle loading
   except that portion     after December 7         firearm, rifle or
   of the county north                              long bow only
   of route 20, Chemung,
   Chenango, Herkimer,
   Madison, Montgomery,
   Oneida, Oswego,
   Otsego, ROCKLAND,
   Schoharie, Schuyler,
   Steuben, Tioga,
   Wyoming and Yates
   and that portion of
   the county of
   Broome east of the
   Susquehanna river
 
   §  3.  Item  (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of
 the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 15 of part  EE
 of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 
 (i) The counties of       Deer and bear, the       Pistol, shotgun,
   Allegany, Cattaraugus,  first Monday after       crossbow,
   Chautauqua except       November 15 through      muzzle loading
   that portion of the     first Tuesday after      firearm, rifle or
   county north of route   December 7               long bow only
   20, Chenango,
   Herkimer, Montgomery,
   Oneida, Oswego,
   Otsego, ROCKLAND,
   Schoharie, Tioga
   and Wyoming
   and that portion
   of the county
   of Broome east of the
   Susquehanna river
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
   a.  the  amendments  to  item  (i)  of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
 section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law  made  by  section
 one  of  this act shall not affect the expiration of such item when upon
 such date the provisions of section two of this act shall  take  effect;
 and
   b.  the  amendments  to  item  (i)  of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
 section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law  made  by  section
 two  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph, when
 upon such date the provisions of section three of this  act  shall  take
 effect.