Bill Text: NY S01009 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1009 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that each county within the state may limit, restrict or prohibit trapping within its municipal limits; provides that municipalities may do so by local law or ordinance.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01009 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1009
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 8, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, AVELLA, KRUEGER, PERKINS -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to muni-
         cipalities regulating the use of traps
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
    2  new section 11-1111 to read as follows:
    3  S 11-1111. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF TRAPPING.
    4    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY OTHER
    5  LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE MAY, BY LOCAL  LAW  OR
    6  ORDINANCE,  RESTRICT,  LIMIT  OR  PROHIBIT TRAPPING WITHIN ITS MUNICIPAL
    7  LIMITS. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  DEEMED  TO  PROHIBIT  THE
    8  DEPARTMENT  FROM  EXERCISING  ITS  EMERGENCY  POWERS PURSUANT TO SECTION
    9  11-0325 OF THIS ARTICLE IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL OF FISH  OR  WILDLIFE
   10  IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OR SPREAD OF DISEASE.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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