Bill Text: NY A09130 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes hunting big game by rifle in the county of Niagara except within the city of Niagara Falls, the city of Lockport and the city of North Tonawanda.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-07 - substituted by s8382b [A09130 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09130-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         9130--A

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 8, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. NORRIS -- 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
          authorizing  hunting  big  game by rifle in the county of Niagara; and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of the
     2  environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new  item  (q)  to
     3  read as follows:
     4  (q) The county of       Deer, the first Saturday   Pistol, shotgun,
     5  Niagara except          after November 15          crossbow, muzzle
     6  within the city of      through first Sunday       loading firearm,
     7  Niagara Falls, the      after December 7           rifle or long bow
     8  city of Lockport
     9  and the city of
    10  North Tonawanda
    11    §  2.  Item  (f) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of
    12  the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 2  of  chapter
    13  230 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
    14  (f) Southern tier,        Deer, first              Pistol, shotgun,
    15  central and Western       Monday after November    crossbow,
    16  region, except those      15 through first         muzzle loading
    17  counties or portions      Tuesday after            firearm or
    18  thereof listed in         December 7               long bow only
    19  item (i), (j), (k),
    20  (l), (m), (n), (o)
    21  [or], (p) or (q)
    22  of this paragraph
    23    §  3.  Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of the environ-
    24  mental conservation law is amended by adding a new item (o) to  read  as
    25  follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14138-09-4
        A. 9130--A                          2

     1  (o) The county            Deer and bear, the       Pistol, shotgun,
     2  of Niagara                first Saturday after     crossbow, muzzle
     3  except the city           November 15 through      loading firearm,
     4  of Niagara Falls,         first Sunday after       rifle or long
     5  the city of Lockport      December 7               bow only
     6  and the city of North
     7  Tonawanda
     8    §  4.  Item  (f) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of
     9  the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 4  of  chapter
    10  230 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
    11  (f) Southern tier,        Deer and bear, first     Pistol, shotgun,
    12  central and Western       Monday after November    crossbow,
    13  region, except those      15 through first         muzzle loading
    14  counties or portions      Tuesday after            firearm or
    15  thereof listed in         December 7               long bow only
    16  item (i), (j), (j), (k),
    17  (l), (m) [or], (n)
    18  or (o) of this paragraph
    19    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
    20    a.  the  amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907
    21  of the environmental conservation law made by section one  of  this  act
    22  shall  be  subject  to  the  expiration  and reversion of such paragraph
    23  pursuant to section 13 of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, as amended;
    24    b. the amendments to item (f) of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  2  of
    25  section  11-0907  of  the environmental conservation law made by section
    26  two of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
    27  item pursuant to paragraph d of section 5 of chapter 152 of the laws  of
    28  2020, as amended;
    29    c.  sections  three  and  four  of this act shall take effect upon the
    30  expiration and reversion of paragraph a  of  subdivision  2  of  section
    31  11-0907 of the environmental conservation law, as provided in section 13
    32  of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, as amended; and
    33    d.  nothing  contained  in this act shall be construed so as to extend
    34  the provisions of this act beyond October 1, 2026, when upon  such  date
    35  this  act  shall  expire  and  the  provisions contained herein shall be
    36  deemed repealed.