Senate Bill S538

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to crossbows; repealer

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


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S538 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3677
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-0701, 11-0703, 11-0901, 11-0903, 11-0929, 11-0931 & 11-0933, rpld §11-0713 sub 6, §11-0901 sub 3 ¶c sub¶ 3, subs 11 & 16, §11-0907 sub 10, §11-0929 sub 2 ¶b sub¶ 5, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7005, A9623
2017-2018: S1386, A479
2021-2022: S1721, A238
2023-2024: S73, A2631

2019-S538 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the taking of wildlife by the use of a crossbow; makes related provisions.

2019-S538 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    538
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GALLIVAN, GRIFFO, HELMING -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
   mental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   crossbows; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating ther-
   eto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision  1,  the  closing  paragraph  of
 paragraph  a  of  subdivision  2,  paragraphs  1 and 2 of subdivision 3,
 subdivision 5 and subdivision 9 of section 11-0701 of the  environmental
 conservation  law, paragraph a of subdivision 1 as amended by section 21
 and subdivision 9 as amended by section 17 of part EE of chapter  55  of
 the laws of 2014, the closing paragraph of paragraph a of subdivision 2,
 paragraphs  1  and  2  of  subdivision 3 and subdivision 5 as amended by
 section 1-a of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, are 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
 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.]
   A holder may take fish with a  longbow  OR  CROSSBOW  as  provided  in
 titles 9 and 13 of this article.
   (1)  who  is between the ages of twelve and sixteen years to hunt wild
 deer and bear with a longbow OR  CROSSBOW  during  the  special  archery
 season  and  during  the  regular season, as provided in title 9 of this
 article, subject to the provisions of section 11-0929 and subdivision  3
 of section 11-0713 of this article;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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