Assembly Bill A4940

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting the use of peregrine falcons in falconry

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4940 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1599
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-1001, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10077, S4842
2013-2014: A1229, S2039
2017-2018: A4149, A5402, S998
2019-2020: A3451
2021-2022: A5209

2015-A4940 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of DEC to remove peregrine falcons from the endangered species list and to promulgate regulations for their use in falconry.

2015-A4940 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4940

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  falconry

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

  Section  1.  Section 11-1001 of the environmental conservation law, as
added by chapter 825 of the laws of 1973, subdivision 1  as  amended  by
chapter 325 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
S 11-1001. Definitions.
  (1)  "Raptors" means all species of the orders Strigiformes and Falco-
niformes and shall include but not be limited to  falcons,  hawks,  owls
and  eagles  except  the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetor) and bald eagle
(Haliaetus leucocephalus) and all birds listed as endangered or  threat-
ened  pursuant  to  section  11-0535 of this article. However, [properly
banded peregrine  falcons  which  are  the  progeny  of  birds  lawfully
acquired  prior  to 1978 are] LAWFULLY ACQUIRED GOLDEN EAGLES, PEREGRINE
FALCONS, AND THEIR PROGENY  ARE  raptors  within  the  meaning  of  this
section.
  (2)  "Falconry"  means  the  sport  of  hunting  by the use of trained
raptors and includes the training, feeding and handling  of  such  birds
and their recapture after being released for hunting or training.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03059-02-5

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