Bill Text: NY S08863 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to search for, scout, locate, hunt, detect, or otherwise aid in the taking of a wild animal to which the hunting season applies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-22 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S08863 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08863-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8863

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 22, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 to aid in hunting

          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 18 to read as follows:
     8    18. a. No person shall use an unmanned aerial vehicle to  search  for,
     9  scout,  locate,  hunt,  detect, or otherwise aid in the taking of a wild
    10  animal to which the hunting season applies.
    11    b. A person may operate an unmanned aerial vehicle with infrared abil-
    12  ities to recover a legally taken animal, but no person shall be  author-
    13  ized  to enter the property of another person or recover a legally taken
    14  animal from the property of another person without the permission of the
    15  property owner.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14524-01-4