S5601-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Relates to yearling buck protection

Relates to establishing a yearling buck protection program.

Sponsor: BONACIC
Law Section: Environmental Conservation Law / Law: Add S11-0914, En Con L

S5601-2011 Actions

Aug 17, 2011: SIGNED CHAP.486
Aug 5, 2011: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Jun 16, 2011: returned to senate
Jun 16, 2011: passed assembly
Jun 16, 2011: ordered to third reading cal.434
Jun 16, 2011: substituted for a394a
Jun 15, 2011: referred to codes
Jun 15, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun 15, 2011: PASSED SENATE
Jun 14, 2011: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1262
Jun 13, 2011: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Jun 6, 2011: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S5601-2011 Meetings

Rules: Jun 14, 2011, Rules: Jun 15, 2011, Rules: Jun 16, 2011, Rules: Jun 17, 2011, Rules: Jun 23, 2011

S5601-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2011

S5601-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Rules - Jun 14, 2011

Ayes (23): Skelos, Alesi, Farley, Hannon, Johnson, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Marcellino, Maziarz, Nozzolio, Saland, Seward, Sampson, Breslin, Dilan, Hassell-Thompson, Krueger, Montgomery, Parker, Perkins, Smith, Stewart-Cousins
Ayes W/R (1): Duane

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jun 15, 2011

Ayes (62): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thompson, Huntley, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Kruger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousins, Valesky, Young, Zeldin

S5601-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5601

TITLE OF BILL:
An  act  to  amend  the environmental conservation law, in relation to
establishing the yearling buck protection program

PURPOSE:
To expand the yearling buck protection program,  currently  undertaken
in  parts  of  Sullivan,  Ulster,  and  Orange  Counties,  to Wildlife
Management Unit 3A, also in Sullivan and Ulster  Counties,  south  and
West of State Route 28.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Provides  that  taking of antlered deer shall be prohibited in WMU 3A,
South and West of State Route 28, except  when  an  antlered  deer  is
taken  with at least one antler with at least three points; each point
must be at least one inch measured from the main antler beam.

EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:
Antler restrictions are not presently in place in WMU  3A,  South  and
West  of  State  Route 28. They are in place in other WMUs in Sullivan
and Ulster Counties.

JUSTIFICATION:
The Presidents of the Federation of Sportsmen in Sullivan  and  Ulster
Counties  have  requested the expansion of antler restrictions for the
taking of deer in WMU 3A, south and west of State Route 28.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New legislation.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S5601-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          5601
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 June 6, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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
 establishing the yearling buck protection program
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 11-0914 to read as follows:

 

S 11-0914. YEARLING BUCK PROTECTION PROGRAM.
 1.  DEFINITIONS.  A.  AN  "ANTLERED DEER" IS DEFINED AS A DEER WITH AT
 LEAST ONE ANTLER MEASURING THREE INCHES OR MORE IN LENGTH.
 B. "WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNIT" MEANS WILDLIFE REGIONS AS DEMARCATED  BY
 THE DEPARTMENT.
 2.  RESTRICTIONS  AND  APPLICATION.  A.  ANY PERSON WHO HUNTS OR TAKES
 ANTLERED DEER UNDER A VALID PERMIT OR  LICENSE  DURING  THE  BOWHUNTING,
 REGULAR  AND  MUZZLELOADING DEER SEASONS IS RESTRICTED TO THE HUNTING OR
 TAKING OF ANTLERED DEER WITH AT LEAST ONE ANTLER  WITH  AT  LEAST  THREE
 POINTS. EACH POINT MUST BE AT LEAST ONE INCH LONG MEASURED FROM THE MAIN
 ANTLER BEAM.
 B.  THIS  PROGRAM  APPLIES  TO  ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND WITHIN THE
 SPECIFIED WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNITS.
 3. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNITS. THESE RESTRICTIONS SHALL ONLY  APPLY  TO
 THAT  PORTION  OF  WILDLIFE  MANAGEMENT  UNIT 3A SOUTH AND WEST OF STATE
 ROUTE TWENTY-EIGHT.
 4. EXEMPTIONS FROM REQUIREMENTS. HUNTERS UNDER THE  AGE  OF  SEVENTEEN
 ARE  EXEMPT  FROM  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND MAY TAKE ANY DEER
 WITH AN ANTLER OR ANTLERS MEASURING THREE INCHES OR MORE IN LENGTH.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11761-02-1

S5601-2011: Relates to yearling buck protection