Assembly Bill A3614

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits using toxic ammunition in the taking of wildlife

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  • 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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2021-A3614 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3485
2023-2024: A849

2021-A3614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits using toxic ammunition in the taking of wildlife; allows any federally approved nontoxic ammunition in the taking wildlife.

2021-A3614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3614
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, JACOBSON -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting the use of toxic ammunition in the taking of wildlife
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3  of  section  11-0901  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new paragraph h to read as
 follows:
   H. WILDLIFE SHALL NOT BE TAKEN WITH THE USE OF ANY  TOXIC  AMMUNITION,
 INCLUDING LEAD AMMUNITION. WILDLIFE SHALL BE TAKEN USING ONLY ANY FEDER-
 ALLY APPROVED NONTOXIC AMMUNITION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00895-01-1

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