Assembly Bill A5435

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits the hunting or taking of wildlife with the aid of an unmanned aerial vehicle

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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-A5435 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1249
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง11-0103 & 11-0901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9697, S7474
2017-2018: A1437, S612
2019-2020: A2525, S620
2021-2022: A4101, S6119
2023-2024: A4007, S5434
2025-2026: A1109

2015-A5435 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the hunting or taking of wildlife with the aid of an unmanned aerial vehicle.

2015-A5435 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5435

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, CLARK, JAFFEE, BROOK-KRASNY, COLTON,
  COOK,  McDONOUGH,  ZEBROWSKI,  BENEDETTO,  MILLER, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  CAMARA, FITZPATRICK, GLICK, TITONE  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  prohibiting the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the course of hunt-
  ing

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

  Section  1.  Section  11-0103 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 33 to read as follows:
  33. "UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE" MEANS  ANY  AIRCRAFT  THAT  IS  OPERATED
WITHOUT  THE  POSSIBILITY OF DIRECT HUMAN INTERVENTION FROM WITHIN OR ON
THE AIRCRAFT.
  S 2. Section 11-0901 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A. NO PERSON SHALL HUNT OR TAKE WILDLIFE WITH THE AID OF AN UNMANNED
AERIAL VEHICLE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02531-01-5

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