Defines the term crossbow as a bow and string, either compound or recurve, that launches a bolt or arrow, mounted upon a stock with a trigger that holds the string and limbs under tension until released which shall have at least six inches of limb width.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5576
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 18, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BAILEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
defining the term crossbow
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 11-0103 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 33 to read as follows:
3 33. "Crossbow" means a bow and string, either compound or recurve,
4 that launches a bolt or arrow, mounted upon a stock with a trigger that
5 holds the string and limbs under tension until released. Crossbows
6 shall have a minimum limb width of six inches when uncocked and measured
7 from the outer limb tips.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
9 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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