Bill Text: NY S02928 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the archery season for the taking of antlerless deer in the Northern zone for a period of seven days immediately following the close of the regular rifle season.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S02928 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02928-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2928
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 6, 2009
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       Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, DeFRANCISCO, LARKIN, LITTLE, MAZIARZ, VOLKER
         -- 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
         providing for a special archery season for the  taking  of  antlerless
         deer
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3  of  section  11-0907  of  the  environmental
    2  conservation  law  is  amended  by adding a new paragraph b-1 to read as
    3  follows:
    4    B-1. IN THE NORTHERN ZONE, A SPECIAL OPEN SEASON IS  ALSO  ESTABLISHED
    5  FOR TAKING ANTLERLESS DEER ONLY, BY THE USE OF A LONG BOW ONLY, BY HOLD-
    6  ERS  OF  A  SMALL  AND BIG GAME, SPORTSMAN, OR FREE SPORTSMAN LICENSE TO
    7  WHICH A VALID BOWHUNTING STAMP IS AFFIXED OR  TO  HOLDERS  OF  A  JUNIOR
    8  ARCHERY,  RESIDENT  OR  NON-RESIDENT  SUPER  SPORTSMAN,  OR NON-RESIDENT
    9  BOWHUNTING LICENSE. SUCH SPECIAL SEASON SHALL INCLUDE THE  REGULAR  OPEN
   10  SEASON  FOR DEER STATED IN ITEM (A) OF COLUMN TWO OF THE TABLE SET FORTH
   11  IN PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE
   12  THE SEVEN DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING  THE  CLOSE  OF  THE  REGULAR
   13  RIFLE  SEASON STATED IN CLAUSE A OF COLUMN TWO OF THE TABLE SET FORTH IN
   14  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   16  it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner  of  environ-
   17  mental  conservation  is  authorized to promulgate any and all rules and
   18  regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this  act
   19  on its effective date on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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