Assembly Bill A238

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to crossbows; repealer

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  • 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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2021-A238 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1721
Current Committee:
Assembly 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: A9623, S7005
2017-2018: A479, S1386
2019-2020: A3677, S538
2023-2024: A2631, S73

2021-A238 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A238 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    238
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, LUPARDO, WOERNER, STECK, SANTABARBARA,
   BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred 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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