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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8382--B
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 25, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          authorizing hunting big game by rifle in the county  of  Niagara;  and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2  of  section  11-0907  of  the
     2  environmental  conservation  law  is amended by adding a new item (q) to
     3  read as follows:
     4  (q) The county of       Deer, the first Saturday   Pistol, shotgun,
     5  Niagara except          after November 15          crossbow, muzzle
     6  within the city of      through first Sunday       loading firearm,
     7  Niagara Falls, the      after December 7           rifle or long bow
     8  city of Lockport
     9  and the city of
    10  North Tonawanda
    11    § 2. Item (f) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of  section  11-0907  of
    12  the  environmental  conservation law, as amended by section 2 of chapter
    13  230 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
    14  (f) Southern tier,        Deer, first              Pistol, shotgun,
    15  central and Western       Monday after November    crossbow,
    16  region, except those      15 through first         muzzle loading
    17  counties or portions      Tuesday after            firearm or
    18  thereof listed in         December 7               long bow only
    19  item (i), (j), (k),
    20  (l), (m), (n), (o)
    21  [or], (p) or (q)
    22  of this paragraph

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 8382--B                          2
 
     1    § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of  the  environ-
     2  mental  conservation  law is amended by adding a new item (o) to read as
     3  follows:
     4  (o) The county            Deer and bear, the       Pistol, shotgun,
     5  of Niagara                first Saturday after     crossbow, muzzle
     6  except the city           November 15 through      loading firearm,
     7  of Niagara Falls,         first Sunday after       rifle or long
     8  the city of Lockport      December 7               bow only
     9  and the city of North
    10  Tonawanda
    11    §  4.  Item  (f) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of
    12  the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 4  of  chapter
    13  230 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
    14  (f) Southern tier,        Deer and bear, first     Pistol, shotgun,
    15  central and Western       Monday after November    crossbow,
    16  region, except those      15 through first         muzzle loading
    17  counties or portions      Tuesday after            firearm or
    18  thereof listed in         December 7               long bow only
    19  item (i), (j), (j), (k),
    20  (l), (m) [or], (n)
    21  or (o) of this paragraph
    22    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
    23    a.  the  amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907
    24  of the environmental conservation law made by section one  of  this  act
    25  shall  be  subject  to  the  expiration  and reversion of such paragraph
    26  pursuant to section 13 of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, as amended;
    27    b. the amendments to item (f) of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  2  of
    28  section  11-0907  of  the environmental conservation law made by section
    29  two of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
    30  item pursuant to paragraph d of section 5 of chapter 152 of the laws  of
    31  2020, as amended;
    32    c.  sections  three  and  four  of this act shall take effect upon the
    33  expiration and reversion of paragraph a  of  subdivision  2  of  section
    34  11-0907 of the environmental conservation law, as provided in section 13
    35  of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, as amended; and
    36    d.  nothing  contained  in this act shall be construed so as to extend
    37  the provisions of this act beyond October 1, 2026, when upon  such  date
    38  this  act  shall  expire  and  the  provisions contained herein shall be
    39  deemed repealed.