Bill Text: NY S02634 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to organize, conduct, promote or participate in any contest or competition where the objective of such contest or competition is to take the greatest number of wildlife.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S02634 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02634-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2634
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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
         making contests and competitions to take wildlife unlawful
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivisions 14, 15, and 16 of section 11-0901 of the envi-
    2  ronmental conservation law, subdivision 14 as renumbered by chapter  486
    3  of  the  laws  of 1985, are renumbered subdivisions 15, 16, and 17 and a
    4  new subdivision 14 is added to read as follows:
    5    14. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO ORGANIZE, CONDUCT,  PROMOTE
    6  OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CONTEST OR COMPETITION WHERE THE OBJECTIVE OF SUCH
    7  CONTEST  OR  COMPETITION IS TO TAKE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF WILDLIFE. ANY
    8  WILDLIFE INJURED DURING THE COURSE OF A CONTEST OR COMPETITION CONDUCTED
    9  IN VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  BE  TRANSPORTED  TO  A  LICENSED
   10  WILDLIFE  REHABILITATOR OR VETERINARIAN FOR TREATMENT OR HUMANE EUTHANA-
   11  SIA. THE REMAINS OF ANY WILDLIFE KILLED DURING THE COURSE OF  A  CONTEST
   12  OR  COMPETITION  CONDUCTED  IN  VIOLATION  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
   13  FORFEITED BY EVERY ORGANIZER, PROMOTER, PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER  PERSON
   14  CONDUCTING  OR  INVOLVED IN SUCH CONTEST OR COMPETITION, AND THE REMAINS
   15  OF SUCH WILDLIFE SHALL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT.
   16    S 2. Section 71-0921 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
   17  by adding a new subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
   18    10-A.  VIOLATIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION 11-0901 OF THIS
   19  CHAPTER INVOLVING UNLAWFUL CONTESTS AND COMPETITIONS TO  TAKE  WILDLIFE.
   20  EACH  SUCH  MISDEMEANOR SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE
   21  THAN ONE YEAR OR BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  NOR
   22  MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BY BOTH SUCH IMPRISONMENT AND FINE.
   23    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   24  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03863-01-5