Assembly Bill A3467

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of leg-gripping traps

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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-A3467 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4459
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-1101, 11-1901 & 11-1903, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8733, S7550
2023-2024: A110, A3471, S1619

2021-A3467 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of leg-gripping traps.

2021-A3467 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3467
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting the use of leg-gripping traps
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section  11-1101  of  the  environ-
 mental  conservation  law, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 47 of the
 laws of 1975, subparagraph (b)  of  paragraph  b  of  subdivision  6  as
 amended  by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, and paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion 6 as amended and paragraph c of such subdivision as added by  chap-
 ter 605 of the laws of 1991, are amended to read as follows:
   5.  Except  as  provided in subdivision 1 or 2 of section 11-0523 with
 respect to destructive and menacing wildlife, no person shall (a) set or
 use a trap of the leg-gripping type [having teeth in the jaws]; (b)  set
 a trap so that wildlife when caught is suspended; (c) use, locate or set
 a  snare  or  a  device consisting of a noose of any material whereby an
 animal may be taken.
   6. a. No person shall set or use a trap of the leg-gripping type  [(a)
 having a spread of jaws exceeding 7 1/4" measured at right angles to the
 axis  upon  which the jaws operate and excluding the gripping surface of
 each jaw, when used under water during  the  open  season  for  trapping
 beaver  or otter, or (b) in any other case], except as provided in title
 5 or in section 11-1109[, having a spread of jaws exceeding 5-3/4" as so
 measured].
   b. No person shall set or use a body gripping type trap with a  dimen-
 sion of more than 7-1/2 inches except:
   (a)  when used in water during the open season for trapping beaver and
 otter; or
   (b) as further permitted by the department by regulation.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00937-01-1
              

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