Bill Text: NY S04967 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to hunting in the northern zone.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6953 [S04967 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04967-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4967
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, JOHNSON -- 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
         continuing  the authority of the department of environmental conserva-
         tion to adopt regulations for hunting in the northern zone
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision 8 of section 11-0907 of the
    2  environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 140 of the laws of
    3  2007, is amended to read as follows:
    4    c. Until October first, two thousand [eleven]  FIFTEEN,  such  special
    5  season for the Northern Zone or any portion thereof may by regulation be
    6  for  up  to  a fourteen-day period preceding the regular open season for
    7  deer stated in column two of the table set forth  in  subdivision  2  of
    8  this  section  or  may be for up to a fourteen-day period following such
    9  open season or any combination  thereof,  provided  that  a  maximum  of
   10  sixteen days is not exceeded for any open area. Regulations establishing
   11  such  Northern  Zone  muzzle-loading firearm big game season may specify
   12  the taking of deer of either sex,  antlerless  deer  only,  legal  bucks
   13  only,  or  any combination thereof, and may require that persons partic-
   14  ipating in the Northern Zone  muzzle-loading  firearm  big  game  season
   15  obtain  a  special  permit  from the department. When establishing these
   16  regulations, the department must consider the condition of the herd  and
   17  communities', property owners', hunters' and other relevant interests.
   18    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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