Bill Text: NY S03072 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the licensing, regulation and protection of hunting ranch facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S03072 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03072-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3072
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 2, 2015
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       Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
         vation
       AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to hunt-
         ing ranch facilities
         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 11-1908 to read as follows:
    3  S 11-1908. HUNTING RANCH FACILITIES REGULATION AND PROTECTION.
    4    1.  ALL  ENTITIES  WHO  OWN, OPERATE OR MANAGE A FACILITY THAT HARBORS
    5  PRIVATELY-OWNED, NON-NATIVE GAME ANIMALS MAY CHARGE A FEE TO  TAKE  SUCH
    6  ANIMALS UPON RECEIPT OF A HUNTING RANCH FACILITY LICENSE.
    7    2.  THE  OWNER  OR LESSEE OF WHOLLY ENCLOSED LANDS OR AN ENTIRE ISLAND
    8  MAY APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND  MARKETS  FOR  A  HUNTING
    9  RANCH  FACILITY  LICENSE. THE HOLDER OF A HUNTING RANCH FACILITY LICENSE
   10  MAY PURCHASE, POSSESS, BREED, REAR AND HARVEST BY SHOOTING ON THE FACIL-
   11  ITY PREMISES, CERVIDS OR ANY  OTHER  HOOFED,  DOMESTIC  OR  NON-DOMESTIC
   12  ANIMALS.    A  HUNTING RANCH FACILITY LICENSE SHALL BE ISSUED OR RENEWED
   13  FOR A TERM OF TEN YEARS AT A MAXIMUM COST OF FIFTY DOLLARS. THE  DEPART-
   14  MENT  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND MARKETS SHALL PRESCRIBE AND FURNISH FORMS FOR
   15  APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE. INFORMATION  ON  THE  LICENSE  APPLICATION
   16  SHALL  INCLUDE  LICENSEE  NAME,  LOCATION  OF HUNTING RANCH FACILITY AND
   17  PROOF OF STATE ANIMAL HEALTH COMPLIANCE. THE LICENSE SHALL BE ISSUED  NO
   18  MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING APPLICATION REQUIRE-
   19  MENTS.
   20    3.  NO ANIMALS CAPTURED FROM THE WILD, ORIGINATING FROM A ZOO, PETTING
   21  ZOO, OR CIRCUS SHALL BE HUNTED FOR SPORT ON A HUNTING RANCH FACILITY.
   22    4. THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS SHALL APPLY TO  THE  DESIGNATED  HUNTING
   23  AREA:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05585-01-5
       S. 3072                             2
    1    A.  THE HUNTING AREA SHALL BE COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BY FENCING AND ALLOW
    2  GAME ANIMALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE  THEIR  NATURAL  INSTINCTS  AND
    3  ABILITIES TO ELUDE BEING HARVESTED.
    4    B. ALL HOOFED ANIMALS SHALL BE ON THE PREMISES TWO CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR
    5  TO BEING HUNTED.
    6    C.  ALL HUNTERS WITHIN THE HUNTING AREA SHALL BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION
    7  OF A GUIDE, WHO WILL ENSURE THAT HUNTERS ABIDE BY STANDARDS  OF  ETHICAL
    8  HUNTING.
    9    5.  THE  HOLDER  OF A HUNTING RANCH FACILITY LICENSE SHALL DISCLOSE IN
   10  WRITING TO PATRONS THAT ALL ANIMALS PRESENT IN  THE  DESIGNATED  HUNTING
   11  AREA ARE PRIVATELY-OWNED ANIMALS.
   12    6.  LICENSEES  SHALL NOT ADVERTISE OR OTHERWISE OFFER A GUARANTEE THAT
   13  PATRONS WILL HARVEST AN ANIMAL.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.