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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. STIRPE, BUTTENSCHON, MANKTELOW -- 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.