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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5137
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 4, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. O'MARA -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
          mental Conservation) -- 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
          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 424 of the laws of
     3  2011, is amended to read as follows:
     4    c. Until [October first] December thirty-first, two thousand [fifteen]
     5  eighteen, such special season for the Northern Zone or any portion ther-
     6  eof  may  by regulation be for up to a fourteen-day period preceding the
     7  regular open season for deer stated in column two of the table set forth
     8  in subdivision 2 of this section or may be  for  up  to  a  fourteen-day
     9  period  following  such open season or any combination thereof, provided
    10  that a maximum of sixteen days is not exceeded for any open area.  Regu-
    11  lations  establishing such Northern Zone muzzle-loading firearm big game
    12  season may specify the taking of deer of  either  sex,  antlerless  deer
    13  only, legal bucks only, or any combination thereof, and may require that
    14  persons  participating  in  the Northern Zone muzzle-loading firearm big
    15  game season obtain a special permit from the department. When establish-
    16  ing 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.
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