Bill Text: NY S05423 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S05423 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05423-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5423
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 4, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed 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.
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