The New York State Senate

 
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                                   2917
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. GLICK, SIMON, JACKSON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN,
   L. ROSENTHAL, McMAHON, KELLES, FAHY, BURDICK, LAVINE,  STERN,  COLTON,
   HEVESI, DINOWITZ, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   making contests, competitions, tournaments and derbys to take wildlife
   unlawful
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 14, 15 and 16 of section 11-0901 of the envi-
 ronmental conservation law, subdivision 14 as renumbered by chapter  486
 of the laws of 1985, are renumbered subdivisions 15, 16 and 17 and a new
 subdivision 14 is added to read as follows:
   14. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO ORGANIZE, SPONSOR, CONDUCT,
 PROMOTE,  OR  PARTICIPATE  IN  ANY  CONTEST, COMPETITION, TOURNAMENT, OR
 DERBY WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF TAKING OR HUNTING  WILDLIFE  FOR  PRIZES  OR
 OTHER  INDUCEMENT,  OR  FOR ENTERTAINMENT.   THE REMAINS OF ANY WILDLIFE
 KILLED DURING THE COURSE OF A CONTEST, COMPETITION, TOURNAMENT, OR DERBY
 CONDUCTED IN VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE FORFEITED  BY  EVERY
 ORGANIZER,  PROMOTER,  PARTICIPANT  OR  ANY  OTHER  PERSON CONDUCTING OR
 INVOLVED IN SUCH CONTEST, COMPETITION,  TOURNAMENT,  OR  DERBY  AND  THE
 REMAINS  OF  SUCH  WILDLIFE SHALL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT.
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO: (A) ANY  CONTEST,
 COMPETITION,  TOURNAMENT,  OR DERBY WITH THE OBJECT OF TAKING OR HUNTING
 WHITE-TAILED DEER, TURKEY, OR BEAR; OR (B) SPECIAL DOG TRAINING AREAS OR
 FIELD TRIALS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 11-0925 AND 11-0927 OF THIS TITLE,  OR
 ANY SIMILAR CANINE PERFORMANCE EVENTS.
   §  2. Section 71-0921 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
   10-A. VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION  11-0901  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER  INVOLVING  UNLAWFUL  CONTESTS,  COMPETITIONS,  TOURNAMENTS  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02979-01-3

 A. 2917                             2
 
 DERBYS TO TAKE WILDLIFE. EACH SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE  PUNISHABLE  BY  A
 FINE  OF  NOT  LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND
 DOLLARS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.