STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3062 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 19, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, AVELLA, HOYLMAN, 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 § 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 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08495-01-7