Bill Text: NY S08644 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that a person hold a license, tag or privilege in an electronic or other acceptable format pursuant to regulations for the hunting of deer and bears.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-07 - returned to senate [S08644 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8644

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 26, 2024
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        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 elec-
          tronic identification of hunting license holders and  the  tagging  of
          deer and bears

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph a of subdivision 1, subdivision
     2  2 and subdivision 3 of section 11-0705 of the environmental conservation
     3  law, as amended by section 21 of part R of chapter 58  of  the  laws  of
     4  2013, are amended to read as follows:
     5    (1)  have  such license, tag or privilege on the holder's person in an
     6  electronic or other acceptable format  pursuant  to  regulations,  while
     7  exercising  any  privilege  of that license stated in section 11-0701 of
     8  this title, or while assisting or accompanying a  minor  in  hunting  as
     9  provided in section 11-0929 of this article, and
    10    2. [a. Holders of a hunting license while exercising the privileges of
    11  such license, shall have the back tag issued with their license attached
    12  to  and displayed on the back of the outer garment between the shoulders
    13  in such manner that all figures are plainly visible at all times.
    14    b. The license tag for the current year only shall be displayed.
    15    c. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs a and b of this subdi-
    16  vision, a license holder shall not be required to display  such  license
    17  tag in the Northern Zone or the Catskill Park.
    18    3.] Failure of a licensee to have the holder's license, tag or license
    19  with  bowhunting  and/or muzzle-loading privilege included, on the hold-
    20  er's person in an electronic or  other  acceptable  format  pursuant  to
    21  regulations, while hunting, fishing or trapping, is presumptive evidence
    22  that  the  holder  is  hunting, fishing or trapping, as the case may be,
    23  without holding the license, tag or license and  bowhunting  or  muzzle-
    24  loading  privilege  required by subdivision 6 of section 11-0703 of this
    25  title.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 8644                             2

     1    § 2. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 of  section  11-0911  of  the
     2  environmental conservation law, as added by section 8 of part D of chap-
     3  ter 61 of the laws of 2000, are amended to read as follows:
     4    a.  When  a  wild  deer is taken the taker shall immediately fill [in,
     5  using ink, ball point pen or indelible pencil, the deer tags  issued  to
     6  the  taker] out the deer tag in an electronic or other acceptable format
     7  as provided in regulations of the department.  [The  taker  shall  imme-
     8  diately  cut out or mark the month and date of kill on the tag and shall
     9  attach it to the deer, except that it need not be attached to  the  deer
    10  while  it  is being dragged or physically carried by the taker to a camp
    11  or point where other  transportation  is  available.]  The  taker  shall
    12  report  details of the location and date of harvest and data on the deer
    13  as required by regulation.
    14    b. When a bear is taken, the taker shall immediately fill out the bear
    15  tag [issued to taker] in an electronic or  other  acceptable  format  as
    16  provided  in  regulations  of  the  department.  The  taker shall report
    17  details of the location and date of harvest and  data  on  the  bear  as
    18  required by regulation.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.