Assembly Bill A859

                             
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                                    859
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. GLICK, PAULIN, COLTON, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A. COOK, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred  to  the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
   prohibition on canned shoots

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  11-1904 of the environmental
 conservation law, as added by chapter  208  of  the  laws  of  1999,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  No  person  who  owns, operates or manages a facility that harbors
 non-native big game mammals shall knowingly permit:
   a. The taking on such premises by any person who pays [a] ANY  fee  to
 take a live non-native big game mammal by any of the following means:
   (1)  the  shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
 tied or hobbled;
   (2) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal  that  is
 staked or attached to any object;
   (3)  the  shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
 confined in a box, pen, cage  or  similar  container  [of  ten  or  less
 contiguous  acres]  OR  IN A FENCED OR OTHER AREA from which there is no
 means for such mammal to escape;
   (4) the deliberate release of a non-native big  game  mammal  that  is
 confined  in  a  box,  pen,  cage  or  similar container [of ten or less
 contiguous acres] OR IN A FENCED OR OTHER AREA FROM WHICH  THERE  IS  NO
 MEANS FOR SUCH MAMMAL TO ESCAPE in the presence of any person who is, or
 will be, shooting or spearing such non-native big game mammal.
   b. For purposes of this section:
   (1)  shooting  shall  mean the discharge of any type of firearm or bow
 and arrow; [and]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (2) spearing shall mean the use of any hand or mechanically  propelled
 single or multiple pronged pike, blade, or harpoon; AND
   (3)  FEE  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE LIMITED TO, THE PAYMENT OF ANY
 COMPENSATION OR REMUNERATION FOR ROOM,  BOARD,  MEALS,  LODGING  OR  ANY
 OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES ON THE PREMISES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.