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                                   8721
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              October 5, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   allowing for the hunting with crossbows by  certain  people  during  a
   special longbow hunting season

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 11-0701 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  A  SPECIAL  CROSSBOW PRIVILEGE WHEN INCLUDED ON A HUNTING LICENSE
 ENTITLES A HOLDER WHO IS SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, FOURTEEN YEARS
 OF AGE OR OLDER AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED TO A  CERTAIN  DEGREE,  AS  SUCH
 TERM IS DEFINED BY REGULATION, OR BOTH TO HUNT WILD DEER AND BEAR WITH A
 CROSSBOW,  AS PROVIDED IN TITLE 9 OF THIS ARTICLE, IN A SPECIAL LONG BOW
 SEASON AS IF THEY WERE HUNTING WITH A LONGBOW AND A BOWHUNTING PRIVILEGE
 ON A HUNTING LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SUBDIVISION 3  OF  THIS  SECTION.  THE
 SPECIAL  CROSSBOW PRIVILEGE FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO THE SAME PROVISIONS OF SECTION 11-0929 AND SECTION 11-0713 OF
 THIS ARTICLE BASED ON THEIR AGE AS IF IT WAS A BOWHUNTING PRIVILEGE.
   § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 6 of section 11-0703 of  the  environ-
 mental conservation law, as amended by section 2 of part R of chapter 58
 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Except  as provided in section 11-0707 and section 11-0709 of this
 title, no person shall (1) hunt wild deer or  bear  unless  such  person
 holds  and  is entitled to exercise the privileges of a hunting license,
 and meets the requirements of this article; (2) hunt wild deer  or  bear
 with  a  longbow  OR  CROSSBOW  in  a special longbow season unless such
 person holds and is entitled to exercise the  privileges  of  a  hunting
 license  with  a  bowhunting  privilege OR A SPECIAL CROSSBOW PRIVILEGE,
 RESPECTIVELY, and meets the requirements of this article;  or  (3)  hunt
 wild  deer  or  bear  with a muzzle-loading firearm in a special muzzle-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 loading firearm season unless such person is at least fourteen years old
 and holds a hunting license with a muzzle-loading  privilege  and  meets
 the requirements of this article.
   §  3. Subdivision 13 of section 11-0901 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as amended by section 23 of part R of chapter 58 of  the  laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   13.  Persons  engaged  in hunting deer and/or bear with a longbow must
 possess a current bowhunting privilege or a valid certificate of  quali-
 fication  in  responsible  bowhunting practices issued or honored by the
 department.  PERSONS ENGAGED IN HUNTING DEER AND/OR BEAR WITH A CROSSBOW
 DURING THE SPECIAL LONGBOW SEASON BUT NOT  DURING  THE  SPECIAL  MUZZLE-
 LOADING  FIREARM SEASON OR REGULAR SEASON MUST POSSESS A CURRENT SPECIAL
 CROSSBOW PRIVILEGE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.