Bill Text: NY A03816 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that each county within the state may limit, restrict or prohibit trapping within its municipal limits; provides that municipalities may do so by local law or ordinance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to environmental conservation [A03816 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A03816-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3816
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 27, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to muni-
cipalities regulating the use of traps
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
2 new section 11-1111 to read as follows:
3 S 11-1111. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF TRAPPING.
4 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY OTHER
5 LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE MAY, BY LOCAL LAW OR
6 ORDINANCE, RESTRICT, LIMIT OR PROHIBIT TRAPPING WITHIN ITS MUNICIPAL
7 LIMITS. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE
8 DEPARTMENT FROM EXERCISING ITS EMERGENCY POWERS PURSUANT TO SECTION
9 11-0325 OF THIS ARTICLE IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL OF FISH OR WILDLIFE
10 IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OR SPREAD OF DISEASE.
11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00236-01-1
