Assembly Bill A4475

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibiting the taking of non-native big game mammals in a fenced or other area from which there is no means for such mammal to escape

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2011-A4475 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6154
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-1904, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6788, S3223
2013-2014: A3772, S3426
2015-2016: A3701, S2775
2017-2018: A4120, S5613
2019-2020: A883, S2519
2021-2022: A5732, S1036
2023-2024: A3784, S589

2011-A4475 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the taking of non-native big game mammals in a fenced or other area from which there is no means for such mammal to escape.

2011-A4475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4475

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GLICK, MILLMAN, McDONOUGH, BING, PAULIN, ROSEN-
  THAL, WEISENBERG, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. COOK, DINOWITZ, GALEF, McENENY, PHEFFER,  SWEENEY,  TITUS  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  prohibition on canned shoots

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  11-1904 of the environmental
conservation law, as added by chapter  208  of  the  laws  of  1999,  is
amended to read as follows:
  1.  No  person  who  owns, operates or manages a facility that harbors
non-native big game mammals shall knowingly permit:
  a. The taking on such premises by any person who pays [a] ANY  fee  to
take a live non-native big game mammal by any of the following means:
  (1)  the  shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
tied or hobbled;
  (2) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal  that  is
staked or attached to any object;
  (3)  the  shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
confined in a box, pen, cage  or  similar  container  [of  ten  or  less
contiguous  acres]  OR  IN A FENCED OR OTHER AREA from which there is no
means for such mammal to escape;
  (4) the deliberate release of a non-native big  game  mammal  that  is
confined  in  a  box,  pen,  cage  or  similar container [of ten or less
contiguous acres] OR IN A FENCED OR OTHER AREA FROM WHICH  THERE  IS  NO
MEANS FOR SUCH MAMMAL TO ESCAPE in the presence of any person who is, or
will be, shooting or spearing such non-native big game mammal.
  b. For purposes of this section:
  (1)  shooting  shall  mean the discharge of any type of firearm or bow
and arrow; [and]

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05767-01-1

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