S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1105
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
exempting traps set in water from the requirement of being visited
every twenty-four hours
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-1105 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by chapter 279 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Traps set for taking wildlife shall bear the name and residence
address or the assigned identification number of the operator legibly at
all times, provided, that state, county and municipal law enforcement
agencies shall have access to the name, address and telephone number of
such operator who was assigned such identification number. They shall be
visited once in each twenty-four hours, except TRAPS in the Northern
Zone [where they] AND TRAPS SET IN WATER WHICH shall be visited once in
each forty-eight hours or a shorter interval of no less than twenty-four
hours as the department may, by regulation, require, and all wildlife
held captive shall immediately be removed from the traps.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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