Senate Bill S5818A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to hunting and hunting licenses; 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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Bill Amendments

2019-S5818 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7627
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 §11-0901 sub 3 ¶c sub¶ 3, subs 11 & 16, §11-0929 sub 2 ¶b sub¶ 5, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S7747, A1299
2023-2024: S3191, A2940

2019-S5818 - Summary

Relates to hunting and hunting licenses.

2019-S5818 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5818 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5818
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- 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 hunt-
   ing and hunting licenses; and to repeal certain provisions of such 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 1 and subdivisions 3 and 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 and  subdivision
 3 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.]
   3. A bowhunting privilege when included on a hunting license  entitles
 a holder:
   (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;
   (2)  who  is eighteen years of age or older to hunt wild deer and bear
 with a longbow, as provided in title 9 of this  article,  in  a  special
 longbow season; [and]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11440-02-9

              

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2019-S5818A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7627
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 §11-0901 sub 3 ¶c sub¶ 3, subs 11 & 16, §11-0929 sub 2 ¶b sub¶ 5, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S7747, A1299
2023-2024: S3191, A2940

2019-S5818A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to hunting and hunting licenses.

2019-S5818A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5818A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5818--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to hunt-
   ing and hunting licenses; and to repeal certain provisions of such 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 1 and subdivisions 3  and  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 and subdivision
 3 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.]
   3.  A bowhunting privilege when included on a hunting license entitles
 a holder:
   (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;
   (2) who is eighteen years of age or older to hunt wild deer  and  bear
 with  a  longbow,  as  provided in title 9 of this article, in a special
 longbow season; [and]

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

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