STATE OF NEW YORK
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6863
IN SENATE
March 2, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- 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
allowing minors who hunt to wear pink material
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 6 of paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section
2 11-0929 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 13
3 of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 (6) such parent, guardian or youth mentor and the minor he or she is
6 accompanying shall each display either a minimum total of two hundred
7 fifty square inches of solid fluorescent orange or pink or patterned
8 fluorescent orange or pink consisting of no less than fifty percent
9 fluorescent orange or pink material worn above the waist and visible
10 from all directions, or a hat or cap with no less than fifty percent of
11 the exterior consisting of solid fluorescent orange or pink material and
12 visible from all directions. For purposes of this paragraph, "physical
13 control" shall mean that the physical proximity of the minor to the
14 parent, guardian or youth mentor is such that the parent, guardian or
15 youth mentor is reasonably able to issue verbal directions and
16 instructions, maintain constant visual contact, and otherwise provide
17 guidance and supervision to the minor.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14102-01-6
