STATE OF NEW YORK
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9302
IN SENATE
February 26, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend chapter 389 of the laws of 2024 amending the environ-
mental conservation law relating to authorizing hunting big game by
rifle in the county of Niagara, in relation to the effectiveness ther-
eof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 389 of the laws of 2024 amending the
2 environmental conservation law relating to authorizing hunting big game
3 by rifle in the county of Niagara, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
5 a. the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907
6 of the environmental conservation law made by section one of this act
7 shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph
8 pursuant to section 13 of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, as amended;
9 b. the amendments to item (f) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
10 section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law made by section
11 two of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
12 item pursuant to paragraph d of section 5 of chapter 152 of the laws of
13 2020, as amended;
14 c. sections three and four of this act shall take effect upon the
15 expiration and reversion of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section
16 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law, as provided in section 13
17 of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, as amended; and
18 d. nothing contained in this act shall be construed so as to extend
19 the provisions of this act beyond October 1, [2026] 2028, when upon such
20 date this act shall expire and the provisions contained herein shall be
21 deemed repealed.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15024-01-6
