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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 19, 2017 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S3062
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2017-S3062 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §11-1111, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S5423
2011-2012: S2698
2013-2014: S1039
2015-2016: S1009
2017-S3062 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3062 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to municipalities regulating the use of traps PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL : The subject bill would allow counties to enact a local law to restrict, limit or prohibit trapping within such municipality. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section, 11-1111, to allow counties to enact local laws more rigid than state laws regarding trapping. However, such local law shall not prohibit the Department of Environmental Conservation from exercising its emergency powers in relation to the control of fish or wildlife to prevent the spread of disease. JUSTIFICATION : Currently, three counties across the state have enacted local laws to impose more limits on the use of traps throughout their counties. The state has challenged these local laws and has been upheld in court because the authority to regulate trapping is only granted to the state. The precedent to allow counties to limit the use of traps has
2017-S3062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3062 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 19, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, AVELLA, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, PERKINS -- 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 muni- cipalities regulating the use of traps THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 11-1111 to read as follows: § 11-1111. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF TRAPPING. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE MAY, BY LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE, RESTRICT, LIMIT OR PROHIBIT TRAPPING WITHIN ITS MUNICIPAL LIMITS. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM EXERCISING ITS EMERGENCY POWERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-0325 OF THIS ARTICLE IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL OF FISH OR WILDLIFE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OR SPREAD OF DISEASE. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08495-01-7
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