Bill Text: NY S06863 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes minors who are hunting to wear solid or patterned pink material which shall be visible from all directions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.192 [S06863 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06863-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6863
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 2, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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
          allowing minors who hunt to wear pink material
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 6 of paragraph b of subdivision 2  of  section
     2  11-0929  of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 13
     3  of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    (6)  such  parent, guardian or youth mentor and the minor he or she is
     6  accompanying shall each display either a minimum total  of  two  hundred
     7  fifty  square  inches  of  solid fluorescent orange or pink or patterned
     8  fluorescent orange or pink consisting of  no  less  than  fifty  percent
     9  fluorescent  orange  or  pink  material worn above the waist and visible
    10  from all directions, or a hat or cap with no less than fifty percent  of
    11  the exterior consisting of solid fluorescent orange or pink material and
    12  visible  from  all directions. For purposes of this paragraph, "physical
    13  control" shall mean that the physical proximity  of  the  minor  to  the
    14  parent,  guardian  or  youth mentor is such that the parent, guardian or
    15  youth  mentor  is  reasonably  able  to  issue  verbal  directions   and
    16  instructions,  maintain  constant  visual contact, and otherwise provide
    17  guidance and supervision to the minor.
    18    § 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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