Senate Bill S6365

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting hunting contests for most or largest animals killed

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to environmental conservation
May 11, 2017	referred to environmental conservation

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2017-S6365 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§11-0901 & 71-0921, En Con L

2017-S6365 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits hunting contests for most or largest animals killed; authorizes criminal sanctions therefor.

2017-S6365 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6365

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
making contests and competitions to take wildlife unlawful

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill will ensure it is illegal for any person to become involved
with wildlife killing competitions where the objective is to take the
greatest number of wildlife or to take wildlife of the greatest size
or weight.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section one. Subdivisions 14, 15, 16 of section 11-0901 of the
environmental conservation law, subdivision 14 as renumbered by
chapter 486 of the laws of 1985, are renumbered subdivisions 16, 17,
and 18 and two new subdivisions 14 and 15 are added.

Subdivision 14. Makes it 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.

Subdivision 15. Makes it unlawful for any person to organize, conduct,
promote or participate in any contest or competition where the
objective is to take wildlife of the greatest size or weight. Injured
wildlife shall be transported for treatment or humane euthanasia.
Remains shall be forfeited.

Section two. Section 71-0921 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 10-a.

Subdivision 10-a. Violation of subdivision 14 Or 15 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 imprisonment and fine.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Animal killing competitions can generally be described as contests
where the person or team who has killed the most animals, or the
heaviest or largest animals is crowned the winner.

In animal killing competitions, individuals compete to kill the most
animals, the heaviest animal, or the largest animal. Competitions or
contests such as these are inhumane and provide incentive to killing
animals for glory, prizes or titles. They are different from the
average hunting experience since they are often rigged with trapped or
injured animals. In many cases, these competitions are conducted in a
party-like atmosphere. These competitions are more like a slaughter or
massacre and are unsportsmanlike. They would be considered cruel by a
typical hunter and promote excessive and unnecessary killing/hunting.

This bill will ensure that it is illegal in New York State to sponsor
or participate in wildlife killing contests or competitions and that
anyone in violation is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment or fine, or both.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become law.

2017-S6365 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6365
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- 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
   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 16, 17, and 18 and two
 new subdivisions 14 and 15 are 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.
   15. 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  WILDLIFE OF THE GREATEST SIZE OR
 WEIGHT. ANY WILDLIFE INJURED DURING THE COURT OF A CONTEST  OR  COMPETI-
 TION  CONDUCTED IN VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE TRANSPORTED TO
 A LICENSED WILDLIFE  REHABILITATOR  OR  VETERINARIAN  FOR  TREATMENT  OR
 HUMANE  EUTHANASIA. 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11585-01-7

 S. 6365                             2
 
 THE  REMAINS  OF  SUCH WILDLIFE SHALL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE DEPART-
 MENT.
   §  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  SUBDIVISIONS  FOURTEEN  OR  FIFTEEN  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.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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2017-S6365 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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