Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 24, 2023 | ordered to third reading rules cal.215 rules report cal.215 reported |
May 23, 2023 | reported referred to rules |
May 16, 2023 | reported referred to codes |
Feb 01, 2023 | referred to environmental conservation |
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Jo Anne Simon
Chantel Jackson
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Harvey Epstein
A2917 (ACTIVE) - Details
A2917 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2917 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2023 ___________ 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