A01229 Summary:

BILL NOA01229A
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORAbinanti (MS)
 
COSPNSRPaulin, Galef, Weprin, Roberts, Crouch
 
MLTSPNSRBrennan, Clark
 
Amd S11-1001, En Con L
 
Directs the commissioner of DEC to remove peregrine falcons from the endangered species list and to promulgate regulations for their use in falconry.
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A01229 Actions:

BILL NOA01229A
 
01/09/2013referred to environmental conservation
01/08/2014referred to environmental conservation
05/29/2014amend and recommit to environmental conservation
05/29/2014print number 1229a
06/03/2014reported referred to codes
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A01229 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A01229 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1229--A
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ABINANTI, PAULIN, GALEF, WEPRIN, ROBERTS, CROUCH
          -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN,  CLARK  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted
          to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation in accordance with

          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          falconry
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 11-1001 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
     2  added  by  chapter  825 of the laws of 1973, subdivision 1 as amended by
     3  chapter 325 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
     4  § 11-1001. Definitions.
     5    (1) "Raptors" means all species of the orders Strigiformes and  Falco-
     6  niformes  and  shall  include but not be limited to falcons, hawks, owls
     7  and eagles except the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetor)  and  bald  eagle
     8  (Haliaetus  leucocephalus) and all birds listed as endangered or threat-

     9  ened pursuant to section 11-0535 of  this  article.  However,  [properly
    10  banded  peregrine  falcons  which  are  the  progeny  of  birds lawfully
    11  acquired prior to 1978 are] lawfully acquired, properly banded peregrine
    12  falcons are raptors within the meaning of this section.
    13    (2) "Falconry" means the sport  of  hunting  by  the  use  of  trained
    14  raptors  and  includes  the training, feeding and handling of such birds
    15  and their recapture after being released for hunting or training.
    16    (3) "Lawfully acquired" means:
    17    (a) progeny of birds lawfully acquired prior to 1978 or,
    18    (b) captured pursuant to a federal depredation order or permit or  the
    19  progeny of such birds.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03628-04-4
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