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A 10188-AStringer Same as Uni. S 6446-A PADAVAN Environmental Conservation Law TITLE....Extends the prohibition on canned shoots of non-native big game mammals to additional conditions Currently on Assembly Committee Agenda
Codes (LENTOL) 11:30 AM, Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Room 630 LOB
03/11/04-referred to environmental conservation 04/02/04-amend and recommit to environmental conservation 04/02/04-print number 10188a 04/20/04-reported referred to codes
BILL TEXT
A10188A
IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. PADAVAN -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. STRINGER, CARROZZA, ENGLEBRIGHT,
GRANNIS, LAVELLE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BING, CYMBROWITZ,
GALEF, LAFAYETTE, McENENY, O'DONNELL, PHEFFER -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
extending the prohibition of canned shoots of non-native big game
mammals
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 of section 11-1904 of the
2 environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 208 of the laws of
3 1999, is amended to read as follows:
4 a. The taking on such premises by any person who pays a fee to take a
5 live non-native big game mammal by any of the following means:
6 (1) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
7 tied or hobbled;
8 (2) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
9 staked or attached to any object;
10 (3) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
11 confined in a box, pen, cage or similar container of ten or less contig-
12 uous acres from which there is no means for such mammal to escape; or of
13 any non-native big game mammal, excluding the white-tailed deer propa-
14 gated under a domestic game animal breeder's license pursuant to section
15 11-1905 of this title or propagated on a preserve or island outside the
16 state under a law similar in principle to that of this title, in a
17 fenced or other area from which there is no means for such mammal to
18 escape;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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S. 6446--A 2 A. 10188--A
1 (4) the deliberate release of a non-native big game mammal that is
2 confined in a box, pen, cage or similar container of ten or less contig-
3 uous acres in the presence of any person who is, or will be, shooting or
4 spearing such non-native big game mammal; or of any non-native big game
5 mammal, excluding the white-tailed deer propagated under a domestic game
6 animal breeder's license pursuant to section 11-1905 of this title or
7 propagated on a preserve or island outside the state under a law similar
8 in principle to that of this title, in a fenced or other area from which
9 there is no means for such mammal to escape in the presence of any
10 person who is, or will be, shooting or spearing such non-native big game
11 mammal.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
13 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
ASSEMBLY CODES COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FIRSTN / LASTN / OFFICENO / PHONE / EMAIL / FAXThomas / Alfano / 721 / 518-455-4627 / / 518-455-4643
Vivan / Cook / 331 / 518-455-4203 / / 518-455-3606
Clarence / Norman / 739 / 518-455-5262 / / 518-455-5768
James / Brennan / 741 / 518-455-5377 / / 518-455-5592
Joseph / Lentol / 632 / 518-455-4477 / / 518-455-4599
Roger / Green / 622 / 518-455-5325 / / 518-455-3684
Daniel / O'Donnell / 717 / 518-455-5603 / / 518-455-3812
Keith / Wright / 749 / 518/455-4793 / / 518-455-3890
Sandra / Wirth / 546 / 518-455-4601 / / 518-455-5257
Mark / Weprin / 729 / 518-455-5806 / / 518-455-5977
Helene / Weinstein / 831 / 518-455-5462 / weinsth@Assembly. state.ny.us / 518-455-5752
David / Townsend / 329 / 518-455-5334 / / 518-455-5391
Jeffrey / Klein / 637 / 518-455-5844 / . / 518-455-5596
Robin / Schimminger / 847 / 518-455-4767 / / 518-455-4724
J. Gary / Pretlow / 650 / 518-455-5291 / / 518-455-5447
Steven / Cymbrowitz / 538 / 518-455-5214 / / 518-455-5738
Dierdre / Scozzafava / 532 / 518-455-5797 / / 518-455-5289
Michele / Titus / 834 / 518-455-5668 / / 518-488-3892