Bill Text: NY S00620 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits the hunting or taking of wildlife with the aid of an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S00620 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00620-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           620
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- 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
          prohibiting the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the course of hunt-
          ing
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 11-0103 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 33 to read as follows:
     3    33.  "Unmanned  aerial  vehicle"  means  any aircraft that is operated
     4  without the possibility of direct human intervention from within  or  on
     5  the aircraft.
     6    §  2. Section 11-0901 of the environmental conservation law is amended
     7  by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     8    2-a. No person shall hunt or take wildlife with the aid of an unmanned
     9  aerial vehicle.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04388-01-9
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