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                                  92--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
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Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
  -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  in
  accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to elim-
  inating  the  requirement  that  hunters wear back tags during hunting
  season in the state; and to repeal  certain  provisions  of  such  law
  relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Section 11-0705 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
amended  by  section  21 of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, is
amended to read as follows:
S 11-0705. Failure to carry license, tag or  bowhunting  and/or  muzzle-
             loading privileges.
  1.  a.  The  holder of a license, tag, bowhunting privilege or muzzle-
loading privilege defined in section 11-0701 of this title shall:
  (1) have such license, tag or privilege on the holder's  person  while
exercising  any  privilege  of that license stated in section 11-0701 of
this title, or while assisting or accompanying a  minor  in  hunting  as
provided in section 11-0929 of this article, and
  (2) shall exhibit it on demand to any police officer, peace officer or
owner,  lessee or person in control of the lands or waters or the desig-
nees of the owner, lessee or person in control of the lands or waters on
which the license holder is present.
  2. [a. Holders of a hunting license while exercising the privileges of
such license, shall have the back tag issued with their license attached

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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to and displayed on the back of the outer garment between the  shoulders
in such manner that all figures are plainly visible at all times.
  b. The license tag for the current year only shall be displayed.
  c. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs a and b of this subdi-
vision,  a  license holder shall not be required to display such license
tag in the Northern Zone or the Catskill Park.
  3.] Failure of a licensee to have the holder's license, tag or license
with bowhunting and/or muzzle-loading privilege included, on  the  hold-
er's  person while hunting, fishing or trapping, is presumptive evidence
that the holder is hunting, fishing or trapping, as  the  case  may  be,
without  holding  the  license, tag or license and bowhunting or muzzle-
loading privilege required by subdivision 6 of section 11-0703  of  this
title.
  S  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 71-0923 of the environmental conserva-
tion law is REPEALED.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.