senate Bill S5301

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to deer and bear, open hunting seasons and implements, hunting age for big game, crossbows, pheasant and quail; repealer

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


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Jan 03, 2018 referred to environmental conservation
Mar 20, 2017 referred to environmental conservation

S5301 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §11-0907 sub 2 ¶a, sub 9, §11-0713 sub 6, sub 1 ¶c, §11-0901 sub 3 ¶c sub¶ 3, subs 11 & 16, §11-0929 sub 2 ¶b sub¶ 5, amd En Con L, generally; amd §83, St Fin L

S5301 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to deer and bear, open hunting seasons and implements, hunting age for big game, crossbows, pheasant and quail.

S5301 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5301 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  5301

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 20, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. O'MARA -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
  mental Conservation) -- 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 deer
  and bear, open hunting seasons and implements,  hunting  age  for  big
  game, crossbows, pheasant and quail hunting in Long Island, and penal-
  ties  for  illegal  commercialization of crustaceans, fish, shellfish,
  and wildlife; to amend the state finance law, in relation to the state
  fish and game trust account; and to repeal certain provisions  of  the
  environmental conservation law relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2  of  section  11-0907  of  the
environmental  conservation  law  is  REPEALED  and a new paragraph a is
added to read as follows:
  A. SEASONS FOR DEER HUNTING. REGULAR OPEN HUNTING SEASONS FOR DEER ARE
ESTABLISHED AS FOLLOWS:
  (1) IN THE NORTHERN ZONE, DEER MAY BE TAKEN  FROM  THE  NEXT  TO  LAST
SATURDAY IN OCTOBER THROUGH THE FIRST SUNDAY IN DECEMBER.
  (2)  IN  THE  SOUTHERN  ZONE,  DEER MAY BE TAKEN FROM THE FIRST MONDAY
AFTER NOVEMBER  FIFTEENTH  THROUGH  THE  FIRST  TUESDAY  AFTER  DECEMBER
SEVENTH.
  (3) IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, DEER OF EITHER SEX MAY BE TAKEN FROM NOVEM-
BER FIRST THROUGH DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST.
  (4) IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, DEER OF EITHER SEX MAY BE TAKEN FROM THE SECOND
MONDAY IN NOVEMBER THROUGH MARCH THIRTY-FIRST.
  §  2.  Subdivision 9 of section 11-0907 of the environmental conserva-
tion law is REPEALED.
  § 3. The subdivision heading and  paragraph  b  of  subdivision  2  of
section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law, the section head-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10002-04-7

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