Bill Text: NY S02958 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits individuals, firms, corporations or associations from engaging in the killing or injuring of confined animals for the purpose of entertainment, contest or any other reason; prohibits a premises from being licensed as a "shooting preserve" for the purpose of such practice, commonly referred to as "canned hunting" or "domestic safaris"; subjects violators to civil penalties of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars for each violation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S02958 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02958-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2958
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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
         shooting preserves
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 9 of  section  11-1903
    2  of the environmental conservation law is designated paragraph a and four
    3  new paragraphs b, c, d and e are added to read as follows:
    4    B.    NO  INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION SHALL ENGAGE IN
    5  THE KILLING OR INJURING OF ANY CONFINED ANIMALS: WILD, DOMESTIC,  EXOTIC
    6  OR  INDIGENOUS,  NOT  INCLUDING  PREDATORY  WILDLIFE DISTURBING DOMESTIC
    7  GAME, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ENTERTAINMENT, CONTEST OR ANY OTHER REASON.
    8    C. ANY INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION, OR PARTNERSHIP THAT
    9  VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENAL-
   10  TY OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS NOR  MORE  THAN  TEN  THOUSAND
   11  DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   12    D.  NO  PREMISES  MAY  BE  LICENSED  AS  "SHOOTING  PRESERVES" FOR THE
   13  PURPOSES OF "CANNED HUNTING" OR "DOMESTIC SAFARIS"  WHEREIN  A  LICENSEE
   14  MAY  CHARGE  A DAILY FEE OR CHARGE A FEE FOR EACH CONFINED ANIMAL KILLED
   15  OR A COMBINATION THEREOF.
   16    E. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "CONFINED  ANIMAL"  MEANS  ANY  MAMMAL
   17  THAT HAS BEEN HELD IN CAPTIVITY FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME OR REASON WHETHER
   18  OR NOT THE LICENSEE KNOWS THE LENGTH OF CAPTIVITY.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   20  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07127-01-1