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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7951
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 13, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        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 211 of the laws of
     3  2015, is amended to read as follows:
     4    c.  Until  December  thirty-first, two thousand [eighteen] twenty-one,
     5  such special season for the Northern Zone or any portion thereof may  by
     6  regulation be for up to a fourteen-day period preceding the regular open
     7  season  for deer stated in column two of the table set forth in subdivi-
     8  sion 2 of this section or may be for up to a fourteen-day period follow-
     9  ing such open season or any combination thereof, provided that a maximum
    10  of sixteen days is not exceeded for any open  area.  Regulations  estab-
    11  lishing  such  Northern  Zone muzzle-loading firearm big game season may
    12  specify the taking of deer of either sex, antlerless  deer  only,  legal
    13  bucks  only,  or  any  combination thereof, and may require that persons
    14  participating in the  Northern  Zone  muzzle-loading  firearm  big  game
    15  season  obtain  a  special permit from the department. When establishing
    16  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.
                                                                   LBD14435-01-8