S4842B-2011 Actions

• Mar 21, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 4842B
• Mar 21, 2012: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Dec 14, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 4842A
• Dec 14, 2011: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Apr 27, 2011: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S4842B-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4842B               REVISED 05/02/12

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to falconry

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Amends the definition of raptors to include lawfully acquired golden
eagles and peregrine falcons and their progeny.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends section 11-1001 of the environmental conservation
law as added by chapter 825 of the laws of 1973, subdivision 1 as
amended by chapter 325 of the laws of 1989 to include lawfully
acquired golden eagles, peregrine falcons and their progeny within
the definition of raptors for the purpose of falconry.

Section 2.  Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
Current law prohibits the use of birds listed on the New York State
"endangered species" list or "threatened species" list from being
involved in the hunting practice of falconry. Currently, the Golden
Eagle and the Peregrine Falcon are on the New York State Endangered
Species list. However, neither species is listed on the Federal
Endangered Species List, and several states allow for their lawful
acquisition. Thus, even though they may be lawfully acquired
elsewhere and brought into New York for use in falconry, these birds
would be currently ineligible for use in falconry in New York State.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
None.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4842B-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 4842--B
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 April 27, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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 -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Environmental Conservation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
 recommitted to said committee
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
 falconry
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1. 

Section 11-1001 of the environmental conservation law, as
 added by chapter 825 of the laws of 1973, subdivision 1  as  amended  by
 chapter 325 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:

 

S 11-1001. Definitions.
 (1)  "Raptors" means all species of the orders Strigiformes and Falco
 niformes and shall include but not be limited to  falcons,  hawks,  owls
 and  eagles  except  the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetor) and bald eagle
 (Haliaetus leucocephalus) and all birds listed as endangered or  threat
 ened  pursuant  to  section  11-0535 of this article. However, [properly
 banded peregrine  falcons  which  are  the  progeny  of  birds  lawfully
 acquired  prior  to 1978 are] LAWFULLY ACQUIRED GOLDEN EAGLES, PEREGRINE
 FALCONS, AND THEIR PROGENY  ARE  raptors  within  the  meaning  of  this
 section.
 (2)  "Falconry"  means  the  sport  of  hunting  by the use of trained
 raptors and includes the training, feeding and handling  of  such  birds
 and their recapture after being released for hunting or training.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11080-04-2

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