STATE OF NEW YORK
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5384
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 11, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO, HAWLEY, GIGLIO -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to hunt-
ing or trapping of moose
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 and paragraph b of subdivision
2 4 of section 11-0103 of the environmental conservation law, paragraph b
3 of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 427 of the laws of 1988, are
4 amended to read as follows:
5 b. "Big game" means deer, bear, moose, [elk, except captive bred and
6 raised North American elk (Cervus elaphus),] caribou and antelope.
7 b. "Domestic game animal" means white-tailed deer propagated under a
8 domestic game animal breeder's license pursuant to section 11-1905 of
9 this article or propagated on a preserve or island outside the state
10 under a law similar in principle to title 19 of this article.
11 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 11-0505 of the environmental conserva-
12 tion law, as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of 1982, is amended to
13 read as follows:
14 3. No deer, moose or bear traps shall be made, set or used upon land
15 inhabited by deer, moose or bear. No salt lick shall be made, set or
16 used upon land inhabited by deer, moose or bear, except that the depart-
17 ment may do so on state wildlife refuges and wildlife management areas.
18 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 11-0521 of the environmental conserva-
19 tion law, as renumbered by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, is renum-
20 bered subdivision 4, and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as
21 follows:
22 3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, in the
23 case of moose, the department may issue a license by rule or regulation
24 to allow the taking of individual animals that are deemed to be destruc-
25 tive.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 4. Subdivision 5 of section 11-0529 of the environmental conserva-
2 tion law, as amended by chapter 610 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 5. No action for damages shall lie against any authorized person for
5 the killing of a cat, dog or coyote as provided in this section, except
6 in the case of killing a hunting dog used pursuant to the provisions of
7 section 11-0928 of this article.
8 § 5. Section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law is amended
9 by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
10 7. The commissioner may, by rule and regulation, establish a license
11 lottery for moose when conditions warrant control of individual animals
12 or when such big game animals constitute a nuisance population.
13 § 6. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 11-0901 of the environ-
14 mental conservation law, as amended by section 5 of part EE of chapter
15 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
16 b. Wild deer, moose and bear shall not be taken except by gun, cross-
17 bow or by long bow. Where an open season, set forth in the table of open
18 seasons in section 11-0907 of this title or otherwise established by law
19 or fixed by regulation, is specified as an open season for taking such
20 game by shotgun or long bow only, or is specified as an open season for
21 taking such game by long bow only, they shall not be taken except as so
22 specified.
23 § 7. Paragraph a and the opening paragraph of paragraph b of subdivi-
24 sion 4 of section 11-0901 of the environmental conservation law, as
25 amended by chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, are amended to read as
26 follows:
27 a. Wild deer, moose and bear shall not be taken in water.
28 No person shall hunt deer or moose:
29 § 8. The opening paragraph of paragraph d and subparagraph 1 of para-
30 graph e of subdivision 4 of section 11-0901 of the environmental conser-
31 vation law, as amended by chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, are amended
32 to read as follows:
33 The use upon land inhabited by deer, moose or bear of a jacklight,
34 spotlight or other type of artificial light by any person who is or is
35 accompanied by a person who is in possession, at the time of such use,
36 of a long bow, a crossbow or firearm of any kind, shall be presumptive
37 evidence that such person is hunting deer, moose or bear with the aid of
38 such light, in violation of this subdivision, unless:
39 (1) No person shall use a jacklight, spotlight or other type of arti-
40 ficial light upon lands inhabited by deer, moose or bear within five
41 hundred feet from a dwelling house, farm building or farm structure
42 actually occupied or used, for the purpose of locating, spotting, harry-
43 ing, worrying or otherwise disturbing deer, moose or bear.
44 § 9. Section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law is amended
45 by adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
46 11. The commissioner is authorized to establish, by rule and regu-
47 lation; licenses, seasons, manner of taking, tag limits and license fees
48 for big game not specifically designated by this section.
49 § 10. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 3 of section 11-0909 of the
50 environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of
51 1990, are amended to read as follows:
52 a. Wild deer, moose and bear, wild upland game birds, and small game
53 other than bobcat, mink, muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and skunk, taken
54 in any open season, shall be taken only between the hours of sunrise and
55 sunset, unless otherwise provided in regulations of the department.
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1 b. The department shall have the authority to establish by regulation
2 hours of hunting wild deer, moose and bear, wild upland game birds, and
3 small game, other than bobcat, mink, muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and
4 skunk, during the open season provided therefor.
5 § 11. The section heading, paragraph a of subdivision 1 and subdivi-
6 sion 2 of section 11-0911 of the environmental conservation law, para-
7 graph a of subdivision 1 as added by section 8 of part D of chapter 61
8 of the laws of 2000, are amended to read as follows:
9 Procedure on taking [wild deer and bear; transportation of wild deer]
10 and transporting big game.
11 a. When [a wild deer] big game is taken the taker shall immediately
12 fill in, using ink, ball point pen or indelible pencil, the [deer] tags
13 issued to the taker as provided in regulations of the department. The
14 taker shall immediately cut out or mark the month and date of kill on
15 the tag and shall attach it to the [deer] animal, except that it need
16 not be attached to the [deer] animal while it is being dragged or phys-
17 ically carried by the taker to a camp or point where other transporta-
18 tion is available. The taker shall report details of the location and
19 date of harvest and data on the [deer] animal as required by regulation.
20 2. The taker shall remove his [deer] or her big game animal out of the
21 woods or open country to a camp or other inhabited location by midnight
22 of the day immediately following the expiration of the open season in
23 the county or part of a county in which the [deer] animal was taken.
24 § 12. Section 11-0911 of the environmental conservation law is amended
25 by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
26 8. No person taking, possessing or transporting moose shall fail to
27 comply with any requirements established by rule or regulation pursuant
28 to this section.
29 § 13. The section heading, opening paragraph and subdivision 1 of
30 section 11-0915 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by
31 chapter 190 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
32 Disposal of [deer, moose and bear] big game killed unintentionally by
33 collision.
34 The owner of a motor vehicle which has been damaged by unintentional
35 collision with a deer, moose or bear shall be entitled to possess such
36 [deer, moose or bear] big game under the following conditions:
37 1. The accident is reported to an environmental conservation officer,
38 a member of the State Police, a member of the sheriff's department in
39 which the accident occurred or, if the accident occurred on lands under
40 the jurisdiction of the office of parks, recreation and historic preser-
41 vation, to an officer of the regional park police having law enforcement
42 responsibilities on such lands, or to any police officer of a city, town
43 or village located in the county of such accident within [24] twenty-
44 four hours thereafter.
45 § 14. Section 11-0921 of the environmental conservation law, as
46 amended by chapter 213 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
47 follows:
48 § 11-0921. Surrender of game unfit for human consumption; permit for
49 taking another of species surrendered.
50 When a wild turkey, wild deer, wild moose or wild bear is taken by a
51 person holding a license or permit and, upon presentation to an environ-
52 mental conservation officer or other authorized employee of the depart-
53 ment, it is shown to the satisfaction of such officer or authorized
54 employee that its flesh was unfit for human consumption at the time it
55 was killed, the taker may surrender the carcass to the officer or
56 authorized employee and the officer or authorized employee shall issue
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1 the taker a special permit to take another specimen of the same species
2 as surrendered and for which the season is still open.
3 § 15. Section 11-0923 of the environmental conservation law, paragraph
4 a of subdivision 1 and subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 160 of the
5 laws of 1979, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 312 of the laws of
6 1980 and subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, is
7 amended to read as follows:
8 § 11-0923. Dogs.
9 1. No owner or trainer of a dog shall:
10 a. allow it to hunt deer[,] or moose, or to run at large on enclosed
11 lands on which wildlife or domestic game is possessed under license
12 issued pursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Law or in any state park, state
13 park reservation, state-owned game farm or wildlife refuge or state-
14 owned or leased wildlife management area;
15 b. allow it to run at large in fields or woods inhabited by deer or
16 moose outside the limits of any city or village, except on lands actual-
17 ly farmed or cultivated by the owner or trainer of the dog or a tenant
18 of such owner or trainer.
19 2. No owner or trainer of a dog shall take it afield for training on
20 wild game except from August [16] sixteen to April [15] fifteen or as
21 otherwise permitted by department order.
22 3. Dogs may be trained on artificially propagated game which is shack-
23 led, or led or confined game, legally possessed, or on training dummies
24 or other artificial devices at any time on lands owned or leased by the
25 owner or trainer of the dog or on lands for which he has written permis-
26 sion of the owner or lessee, provided such training is done in a manner
27 to preclude any disturbances injurious to wildlife.
28 4. During the training of a dog, the trainer and any person in his
29 company shall not possess afield a firearm loaded with ammunition other
30 than blank shells or blank cartridges, or inflict any injury to animals
31 or game birds contrary to law.
32 5. Dogs hunting deer or moose, or hunting any wildlife or domestic
33 game on enclosed lands described in paragraph a of subdivision [1] one
34 of this section or on a state game farm or wildlife refuge or wildlife
35 management area, may be killed as provided in section 11-0529 of this
36 article.
37 6. Wildlife, except skunk, deer, moose and bear, may be taken with the
38 aid of a dog, provided, however, that the department is authorized to
39 establish a training season during which only persons licensed by the
40 department pursuant to section 11-0928 of this article may train track-
41 ing dogs on bear. Such season shall not begin before July first and
42 shall end at least eight days in advance of any open hunting season for
43 bear and no person participating in such training shall possess a
44 firearm of any kind or a longbow. Nothing in this subdivision shall be
45 construed to invalidate or otherwise affect a permit to track or take
46 bear issued pursuant to subdivision one of section 11-0521 of this arti-
47 cle.
48 § 16. Subdivision 7 of section 11-0931 of the environmental conserva-
49 tion law is amended to read as follows:
50 7. During any open season for deer, moose or bear, a person afield
51 shall not possess shotgun shells loaded with a slug or ball unless he or
52 she holds a valid license or permit to take deer, moose or bear.
53 § 17. Subdivision 6 of section 11-0931 of the environmental conserva-
54 tion law, as amended by section 24 of part R of chapter 58 of the laws
55 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
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1 6. No person while engaged in hunting deer, moose or bear pursuant to
2 a bowhunting privilege, and no person accompanying him or her or a
3 member of his or her party, while he or she is so engaged during a
4 special longbow season, shall have in his or her possession a firearm of
5 any kind, and no person while engaged in hunting deer or bear pursuant
6 to a muzzle-loading privilege, and no person accompanying him or her or
7 a member of his or her party, while he or she is so engaged during a
8 special muzzle-loading firearm season, shall have in his or her
9 possession a firearm of any kind other than a muzzle-loading firearm.
10 § 18. This act shall take effect on the first of November next
11 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
