STATE OF NEW YORK
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2170--B
Cal. No. 180
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 14, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
-- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to
the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its
place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to snap-
ping turtles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 11-0701 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 57 of the laws of 1993 and as
3 renumbered by chapter 470 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 10. A trapping license entitles the holder to trap beaver, otter,
6 fisher, mink, muskrat, skunk, raccoon, bobcat, coyote, fox, opossum,
7 weasel, pine marten, snapping turtles, and unprotected wildlife except
8 birds, as provided in title 11 of this article, subject to the
9 provisions of subdivision [6] 3 of section 11-0713 of this article.
10 § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 11-0701 of the environmental conserva-
11 tion law, as amended by section 1-a of part R of chapter 58 of the laws
12 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
13 8. A trapping license entitles the holder to trap beaver, otter, fish-
14 er, mink, muskrat, skunk, raccoon, bobcat, coyote, fox, opossum, weasel,
15 pine marten, snapping turtles, and unprotected wildlife except birds, as
16 provided in title 11 of this article, subject to the provisions of
17 section 11-0713 of this article.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 11-0901 of the environ-
2 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 825 of the laws of 1973
3 and subparagraph 1 as amended by chapter 407 of the laws of 1976, is
4 amended to read as follows:
5 c. Wild small game and wild upland game birds shall be taken only by
6 longbow or gun, or by the use of raptors as provided in title 10 of this
7 article, except that:
8 (1) skunk, raccoon, bobcat, coyote, fox, mink and muskrat may be taken
9 in any manner not prohibited in this section or in title 11 of the Fish
10 and Wildlife Law, [and]
11 (2) frogs may also be taken by spearing, catching with the hands, or
12 by the use of a club or hook[.]; and
13 (3) snapping turtles may also be taken by catching with the hands or
14 by trapping pursuant to titles 7 and 11 of this article.
15 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 11-1103 of the environmental conserva-
16 tion law, as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, is amended to
17 read as follows:
18 1. The department may by regulation permit trapping of beaver, fisher,
19 otter, bobcat, coyote, fox, raccoon, opossum, weasel, skunk, muskrat,
20 pine marten [and], mink, snapping turtles, or any of them, in specified
21 areas, and may regulate the taking, possession and disposition of such
22 animals. The periods in which trapping of such animals is so permitted
23 are open seasons for the trapping of the species for which the period is
24 fixed, in the area or areas for which it is so fixed.
25 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
26 deemed repealed on and after September 30, 2015; provided that section
27 two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
28 manner as section 1-a of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, takes
29 effect.
