Senate Bill S3102

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to management of wildlife resources

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • 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-S3102 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1199
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง11-0507, 11-0925, 11-0927, 11-0903 & 11-0905, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S842, A823
2011-2012: S2650, A1749
2013-2014: S287, A1361
2017-2018: S1461, A867
2019-2020: S1214, A2274
2021-2022: S1855

2015-S3102 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to management of wildlife resources; permits the release of certain ring-necked pheasant or quail birds without permit; adjusts the hunting season to August 16 through April 15, catch limits, and geographic areas for hunting certain species.

2015-S3102 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3102 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3102

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  management of wildlife resources

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3  of  section  11-0507  of  the  environmental
conservation law is amended to read as follows:
  3.  No  person  shall willfully liberate within the state any wildlife
except under permit from the department. The department may  issue  such
permit  in its discretion, fix the terms thereof and revoke it at pleas-
ure. These provisions do not apply to migratory game birds,  importation
of  which  is governed by regulation of the department OR TO THE RELEASE
OF RING-NECKED PHEASANT OR QUAIL DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST  SIXTEENTH  TO
APRIL FIFTEENTH.
  S  2.  Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 11-0925 of the environ-
mental conservation law, as added by chapter 432 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
  b. The operator of a special dog training area may at any time  during
the  year  train the operator's own dogs or the dogs of other persons on
such area, and permit others to train dogs. The operator may hold  field
trials  on wild game, or on liberated game, or on liberated artificially
propagated game, or on led or confined game, or may  in  writing  permit
others  to  hold  such  trials, under such conditions as shall be agreed
upon by the operator and such other person; but no game shall  be  taken
by  shooting  at  such  field  trial. No persons shall, on a special dog
training area, train a dog, hold a field trial, enter accompanied  by  a
dog,  or  permit  a  dog  of  which he is the owner or trainer to enter,
except as provided in this section or in rules adopted pursuant  hereto.
A  permit  from the department must be obtained before liberation of any
wildlife, EXCEPT FOR THE RELEASE OF RING-NECKED PHEASANT OR QUAIL DURING

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01004-01-5
              

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