Bill Text: NY A04972 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4972 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that each county within the state may limit, restrict or prohibit trapping within its municipal limits; provides that municipalities may do so by local law or ordinance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A04972 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4972
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 10, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, ROSENTHAL, KAVANAGH, COLTON -- read
         once and referred 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:
    1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
    2  new section 11-1111 to read as follows:
    3  S 11-1111. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF TRAPPING.
    4    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR  OF  ANY  OTHER
    5  LAW,  RULE  OR REGULATION, EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE MAY, BY LOCAL LAW OR
    6  ORDINANCE, RESTRICT, LIMIT OR PROHIBIT  TRAPPING  WITHIN  ITS  MUNICIPAL
    7  LIMITS.  NO  PROVISION  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE
    8  DEPARTMENT FROM EXERCISING ITS  EMERGENCY  POWERS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
    9  11-0325  OF  THIS ARTICLE IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL OF FISH OR WILDLIFE
   10  IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OR SPREAD OF DISEASE.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04322-01-5