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                                  2084--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GLICK, L. ROSENTHAL, FAHY, COLTON, JACOBSON,
   STECK, PAULIN, BURDICK, KELLES, EPSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT --  Multi-Sponsored
   by  --  M. of A.  THIELE -- read once and referred 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
   prohibiting the use of lead ammunition in the taking  of  wildlife  on
   state-owned  land  and land contributing surface water to the New York
   city water supply
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  11-0901 of the environmental
 conservation law is amended by adding a  new  paragraph  h  to  read  as
 follows:
   H. WILDLIFE SHALL NOT BE TAKEN WITH THE USE OF LEAD AMMUNITION ON: (1)
 WILDLIFE  MANAGEMENT AREAS, STATE FORESTS, FOREST PRESERVES, STATE PARKS
 OR ANY OTHER STATE-OWNED LAND THAT IS OPEN FOR HUNTING; AND (2) THE LAND
 AREA CONTRIBUTING SURFACE WATER TO THE NEW YORK CITY WATER SUPPLY.   FOR
 THE  PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH "LEAD AMMUNITION" SHALL MEAN ANY AMMUNI-
 TION THAT CONTAINS ONE OR MORE PERCENT OF LEAD BY WEIGHT.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 11-0323 of the  environmental  conserva-
 tion  law,  as  separately amended by section 19 of part H of chapter 58
 and chapter 342 of the laws of 2012, is amended as follows:
   2. The department shall also prepare  a  syllabus  of  such  laws  and
 information  informing migratory game bird hunters where they can obtain
 information regarding open  seasons  and  bag  limits,  LEAD  AMMUNITION
 PROHIBITIONS,  federal  regulations  pursuant  to  sections  11-1721 and
 11-1723 of this article and of laws relating  to  invasive  species  (as
 defined in section 9-1703 of this chapter). The department shall deliver
 copies  of  such  syllabus  to  county, city, town and village clerks in
 numbers sufficient for the furnishing of one copy to each person to whom
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02894-02-3

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 a hunting, trapping or fishing license is  issued.  Each  such  licensee
 shall be entitled to one copy of such syllabus.
   §  3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025. Effective immediate-
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.