NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5148A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 06, 2018	print number 5148a
Apr 06, 2018	amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 03, 2018	referred to environmental conservation
Mar 09, 2017	referred to environmental conservation

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2017-S5148 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4116
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
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: S4074, A3661
2015-2016: S2634, A3855
2019-2020: S4253, A722
2021-2022: S6643
2023-2024: S4099

2017-S5148 - 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-S5148 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5148 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5148
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 9, 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 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.
                                                            LBD03100-01-7

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2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4116
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
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: S4074, A3661
2015-2016: S2634, A3855
2019-2020: S4253, A722
2021-2022: S6643
2023-2024: S4099

2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5148A

SPONSOR: BOYLE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to making contests, competitions, tournaments and derbys to
take wildlife unlawful

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill will make it 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 for
other inducement, or for entertainment.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one. 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:

Section 1. Subdivision 14. Makes it 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 for other inducement, or for entertainment.

Section 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 of 11-0901 of this chapter
involving unlawful contests, competitions, tournaments and derbys to
take wildlife. Each such misdemeanor shall be punished 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.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

 
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 animals that cannot
escape. In many cases, these competitions are conducted in a party-like
atmosphere and are more like slaughters or massacres and are unsports-
manlike. These competitions would be considered cruel by a typical hunt-
er and promote excessive and unnecessary killing of wildlife.

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-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5148--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BOYLE, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
   Conservation  -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
   vation  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  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.
   §  2. Section 71-0921 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03100-04-8

 S. 5148--A                          2
 
   10-A. VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION  11-0901  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER  INVOLVING  UNLAWFUL  CONTESTS,  COMPETITIONS,  TOURNAMENTS  AND
 DERBYS 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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Senate Bill S5148A

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

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2017-S5148 - Details

2017-S5148 - Summary

2017-S5148 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5148 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

Bill Amendments

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2017-S5148 - Details

2017-S5148 - Summary

2017-S5148 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5148 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5148A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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