Bill Text: NY S07542 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to organize, sponsor, conduct, promote, or participate in any animal killing contest, competition, tournament or derby where the objective of such contest or competition is to take the largest number of small game, wild birds, other than wild turkeys, and domestic game birds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07542 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S07542-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7542 IN SENATE January 24, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 making animal killing contests, competitions, tournaments and derbys unlawful The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 14, 15 and 16 of section 11-0901 of the envi- 2 ronmental conservation law, subdivision 14 as renumbered by chapter 486 3 of the laws of 1985, are renumbered subdivisions 15, 16 and 17 and a new 4 subdivision 14 is added to read as follows: 5 14. It shall be unlawful for any person to organize, sponsor, conduct, 6 promote, or participate in any contest, competition, tournament, or 7 derby with the objective of taking the largest number of small game, 8 wild birds, other than wild turkeys, and domestic game birds for prizes 9 or other inducement, or for entertainment. Any small game, wild birds, 10 other than turkeys, and domestic game birds injured during the course of 11 a contest, competition, tournament, or derby conducted in violation of 12 this subdivision shall be transported to a licensed wildlife rehabilita- 13 tor or veterinarian for treatment or humane euthanasia if best efforts 14 to rehabilitate and release the animal fail. The remains of any small 15 game, wild birds, other than turkeys, and domestic game birds killed 16 during the course of a contest, competition, tournament, or derby 17 conducted in violation of this subdivision shall be forfeited by every 18 organizer, promoter, participant or any other person conducting or 19 involved in such contest, competition, tournament, or derby and the 20 remains of such small game, wild birds, other than turkeys, and domestic 21 game birds shall become the property of the department. The provisions 22 of this subdivision shall not apply to special dog training areas or 23 field trials pursuant to sections 11-0925 and 11-0927 of this title, or 24 similar canine performance events. 25 § 2. Section 71-0921 of the environmental conservation law is amended 26 by adding a new subdivision 10-a to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05042-06-0S. 7542 2 1 10-a. Violations of subdivision fourteen of section 11-0901 of this 2 chapter involving unlawful contests, competitions, tournaments and 3 derbys to take small game, wild birds, other than turkeys, and domestic 4 game birds. Each such misdemeanor shall be punishable by imprisonment 5 for not more than one year or by a fine of not less than five hundred 6 dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment 7 and fine. 8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 9 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.