Bill Text: NY A07387 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to adopt regulations for hunting in the northern zone.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-01 - signed chap.205 [A07387 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A07387-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7387 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- (at request of the Department of Envi- ronmental Conservation) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to extending the authority of the department of environmental conserva- tion to adopt regulations for hunting in the northern zone The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 8 of section 11-0907 of the 2 environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of 3 2018, is amended to read as follows: 4 c. Until December thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-one] twenty-four, 5 such special season for the Northern Zone or any portion thereof may by 6 regulation be for up to a fourteen-day period preceding the regular open 7 season for deer stated in column two of the table set forth in subdivi- 8 sion 2 of this section or may be for up to a fourteen-day period follow- 9 ing such open season or any combination thereof, provided that a maximum 10 of sixteen days is not exceeded for any open area. Regulations estab- 11 lishing such Northern Zone muzzle-loading firearm big game season may 12 specify the taking of deer of either sex, antlerless deer only, legal 13 bucks only, or any combination thereof, and may require that persons 14 participating in the Northern Zone muzzle-loading firearm big game 15 season obtain a special permit from the department. When establishing 16 these regulations, the department must consider the condition of the 17 herd and communities', property owners', hunters' and other relevant 18 interests. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09543-01-1