NY State Senate Bill S3156

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 22, 2018	referred to environmental conservation delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 16, 2018	advanced to third reading
Jan 09, 2018	2nd report cal.
Jan 08, 2018	1st report cal.73
Jan 03, 2018	referred to environmental conservation returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 19, 2017	referred to environmental conservation delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 14, 2017	ordered to third reading cal.1624
Jun 07, 2017	reported and committed to rules
Jan 20, 2017	referred to environmental conservation

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S3156 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A477
Current Committee:: Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§11-0713, 11-0703, 11-0929, 11-0701, 11-0901 & 11-0933, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5434, A8358
2019-2020: S2968, A9685
2021-2022: S4119, A3216
2023-2024: S2611

S3156 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to lowering the age for universal hunting licenses from 14 years old to 12 years old.

S3156 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S3156

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the environmental conservation law,
in relation to lowering the age for universal hunting licenses from
fourteen years old to twelve years old

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to lower the minimum age at which an
individual may obtain universal hunting licenses.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends subparagraph of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of
section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law. The age at
which one may obtain a muzzle-loading privilege is lowered from
fourteen to twelve.

Section 2 amends paragraph b of subdivision 6 of section 11-0703 of
the environmental conservation law. The age at which one may
participate in a special muzzle-loading season is lowered from
fourteen to twelve.

Section 3 amends subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 11-0929 of the
environmental conservation law. The clause prohibiting use of a
crossbow by those who are twelve and thirteen is eliminated. A clause

is added to include those who are twelve years old in the rules of
parental supervision.

Section 4 amends paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 11-0701 of
the environmental conservation law. The clause excluding those who are
twelve years of age from hunting big game is eliminated.

Section 5 amends subparagraph 3 of paragraph c of subdivision 3 of
section 11-0901 of the environmental conservation law. The age at
which one may use a crossbow is changed from fourteen to twelve.

Section 6 amends section 11-0933 of the environmental conservation
law.  The age at which one may use a crossbow to take small game and
birds is changed from fourteen to twelve.

Section 7 provides that this act shall take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Hunting and outdoorsman ship are important facets of the culture of
New York State. Many families have long traditions of hunting that
define their way of life. People across New York are eager to pass the
traditions and skills of hunting down to their children. Under current
law, parents are unduly limited in the ways they can pass down the
meaningful practice of hunting to their children.

This bill seeks to remove unnecessary restrictions on the types of
weapons that those over twelve years of age may use and the type of
game they may pursue. Removing these restrictions will allow parents
to teach their children the valuable skills and values of hunting at
an early age, and further solidify the tradition of hunting in this
state for generations to come.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16 - S. 5434 - Rules Committee/A. 8358 - Environmental
Conservation Committee.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediate.

S3156 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  3156

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 20, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. GRIFFO, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, O'MARA,
  RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE -- 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
  lowering the age for universal hunting licenses  from  fourteen  years
  old to twelve years old

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 3  of  section
11-0713  of  the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 3
of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (3)  The issuing officer shall not issue a muzzle-loading privilege to
any person unless the applicant presents a  hunting  license  issued  to
that  person  for  the  corresponding license year and such person is at
least [fourteen] TWELVE years old.
  § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 6 of section 11-0703 of  the  environ-
mental conservation law, as amended by section 2 of part R of chapter 58
of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  b.  Except  as provided in section 11-0707 and section 11-0709 of this
title, no person shall (1) hunt wild deer or  bear  unless  such  person
holds  and  is entitled to exercise the privileges of a hunting license,
and meets the requirements of this article; (2) hunt wild deer  or  bear
with  a longbow in a special longbow season unless such person holds and
is entitled to exercise the privileges  of  a  hunting  license  with  a
bowhunting  privilege and meets the requirements of this article; or (3)
hunt wild deer or bear  with  a  muzzle-loading  firearm  in  a  special
muzzle-loading  firearm season unless such person is at least [fourteen]
TWELVE years old and holds a hunting license with a muzzle-loading priv-
ilege and meets the requirements of this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03801-01-7

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  § 3. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of  section  11-0929  of  the  environmental
conservation  law,  subdivision 1 as amended by section 20 of part EE of
chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, subdivision 2 as amended by  section  13
of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, paragraph a and the opening
paragraph  of  paragraph  b of subdivision 2 as amended by section 11 of
part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, subparagraph 6 of paragraph b
of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 192 of  the  laws  of  2016,  are
amended to read as follows:
  1.  A  licensee  who is twelve or thirteen years of age shall not hunt
wildlife with a gun or a longbow unless he or she is accompanied by  his
or  her parent or legal guardian, or by a person twenty-one years of age
or older designated in writing by his or her parent or legal guardian on
a form prescribed by the department, who holds  a  hunting  license.  [A
licensee  who  is  twelve or thirteen years of age shall not hunt with a
crossbow.]
  2. A licensee who is fourteen or fifteen years of age shall not[:
  a.] hunt wildlife with a gun, crossbow or  longbow,  other  than  wild
deer  or  bear  as  provided  in [paragraph b] SUBDIVISION THREE of this
[subdivision] SECTION, unless he or she is accompanied  by  his  or  her
parent or legal guardian holding a hunting license, or by a person eigh-
teen  years  of age or older, designated in writing by his or her parent
or legal guardian, holding such license;
  [b.] 3. A LICENSEE WHO IS TWELVE, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN OR FIFTEEN  YEARS
OF AGE, SHALL NOT hunt wild deer or bear with a crossbow or gun unless:
  [(1)]  A.  he  or  she  is accompanied by his or her parent or a legal
guardian, or a youth mentor who is twenty-one  years  of  age  or  older
designated in writing by the parent or legal guardian of the licensee on
a form prescribed by the department; and
  [(2)]  B. such parent, guardian or youth mentor has had at least three
years of experience in hunting big game; and
  [(3)] C. such  parent,  guardian  or  youth  mentor  holds  a  hunting
license; and
  [(4)]  D.  such  parent,  guardian  or youth mentor maintains physical
control over the minor he or she is  accompanying  at  all  times  while
hunting; and
  [(5)] E. such parent, guardian or youth mentor and the minor he or she
is accompanying remain at ground level at all times while hunting; and
  [(6)] F. such parent, guardian or youth mentor and the minor he or she
is accompanying shall each display either a minimum total of two hundred
fifty  square  inches  of  solid fluorescent orange or pink or patterned
fluorescent orange or pink consisting of  no  less  than  fifty  percent
fluorescent  orange  or  pink  material worn above the waist and visible
from all directions, or a hat or cap with no less than fifty percent  of
the exterior consisting of solid fluorescent orange or pink material and
visible  from  all directions. For purposes of this paragraph, "physical
control" shall mean that the physical proximity  of  the  minor  to  the
parent,  guardian  or  youth mentor is such that the parent, guardian or
youth  mentor  is  reasonably  able  to  issue  verbal  directions   and
instructions,  maintain  constant  visual contact, and otherwise provide
guidance and supervision to the minor.
  § 4. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 11-0701 of  the  environ-
mental  conservation law, as amended by section 21 of part EE of chapter
55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  a. entitles a holder who is twelve or thirteen years of  age  to  hunt
wildlife,  [except  big  game,]  as  provided in title 9 of this article
subject, specifically, to the provisions  of  section  11-0929  of  this

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article.  It  entitles  such  holder  to possess firearms as provided in
section 265.05 of the penal law. [A holder who  is  twelve  or  thirteen
years of age shall not hunt with a crossbow.]
  § 5. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 11-0901
of  the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 19 of part
EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  (3) crossbows may be used but only by  licensees  who  are  [fourteen]
TWELVE years of age or older.
  §  6.  Section 11-0933 of the environmental conservation law, as added
by section 22 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014,  is  amended
to read as follows:
§ 11-0933. Taking small game by crossbow.
  Notwithstanding  any  provision of this chapter, or any prior notwith-
standing language in this article, the department  may,  by  regulation,
authorize the taking of small game and wild upland game birds by the use
of  a  crossbow by any licensed person [fourteen] TWELVE years of age or
older, in any small game season, in any area designated  in  items  (a),
(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (k), and (l) of paragraph a of subdivision
two of section 11-0907 of this title in which a shotgun or muzzle loader
is permitted.
  § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

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