Bill Text: NY S07005 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the taking of wildlife by the use of a crossbow; makes related provisions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 9)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-15 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S07005 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07005-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7005
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 15, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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
          crossbows; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating ther-
          eto
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision  1,  the  closing  paragraph  of
     2  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  2,  paragraphs  1 and 2 of subdivision 3,
     3  subdivision 5 and subdivision 9 of section 11-0701 of the  environmental
     4  conservation  law, paragraph a of subdivision 1 as amended by section 21
     5  and subdivision 9 as amended by section 17 of part EE of chapter  55  of
     6  the laws of 2014, the closing paragraph of paragraph a of subdivision 2,
     7  paragraphs  1  and  2  of  subdivision 3 and subdivision 5 as amended by
     8  section 1-a of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, are amended  to
     9  read as follows:
    10    a.  entitles  a  holder who is twelve or thirteen years of age to hunt
    11  wildlife, except big game, as  provided  in  title  9  of  this  article
    12  subject,  specifically,  to  the  provisions  of section 11-0929 of this
    13  article. It entitles such holder to  possess  firearms  as  provided  in
    14  section  265.05  of  the  penal law. [A holder who is twelve or thirteen
    15  years of age shall not hunt with a crossbow.]
    16    A holder may take fish with a  longbow  or  crossbow  as  provided  in
    17  titles 9 and 13 of this article.
    18    (1)  who  is between the ages of twelve and sixteen years to hunt wild
    19  deer and bear with a longbow or  crossbow  during  the  special  archery
    20  season  and  during  the  regular season, as provided in title 9 of this
    21  article, subject to the provisions of section 11-0929 and subdivision  3
    22  of section 11-0713 of this article;
    23    (2)  who  is eighteen years of age or older to hunt wild deer and bear
    24  with a longbow or crossbow, as provided in title 9 of this article, in a
    25  special [longbow] archery season; and
    26    5. A non-resident bear tag entitles a person who has not been a  resi-
    27  dent of the state for more than thirty days who also possesses a hunting
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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