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                                        2986--A

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                   January 21, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BURLING -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee  on  Environmental  Conservation  --  committee  discharged,  bill
         amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
         tee

       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         allowing  the use of rifles for hunting in Wyoming county; and provid-
         ing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

    1    Section 1. Item (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907
    2  of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 11 of chap-
    3  ter 483 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:

    4  (i) The counties of       Deer, the first Monday  Pistol, shotgun,
    5    Allegany,               after November 15       crossbow,
    6    Cattaraugus, Chemung,   through first Tuesday   muzzle loading
    7    Chenango, Herkimer,     after December 7        firearm, rifle or
    8    Madison,                                        long bow only
    9    Montgomery, Oneida,
   10    Oswego, Otsego,
   11    Schoharie, Schuyler,
   12    Steuben, Tioga,
   13    WYOMING and Yates
   14    and that portion of
   15    the county of
   16    Broome east of the
   17    Susquehanna river
   18    S  2.  Item  (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of
   19  the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 12 of  chapter
   20  483 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:

        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  (i) The counties of       Deer and bear, the      Pistol, shotgun,
    2    Allegany,               first Monday after      crossbow,
    3    Cattaraugus,            November 15 through     muzzle loading
    4    Chenango, Herkimer,     first Tuesday after     firearm, rifle or
    5    Montgomery, Oneida,     December 7              long bow only
    6    Oswego, Otsego,
    7    Schoharie [and],
    8    Tioga AND WYOMING
    9    and that portion of
   10    the county of
   11    Broome east of the
   12    Susquehanna river
   13    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that:
   14    a.  the  amendments  to  item  (i)  of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
   15  section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law  made  by  section
   16  one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
   17  paragraph  pursuant to section 13 of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, as
   18  amended, when upon such date the provisions of section two of  this  act
   19  shall take effect;
   20    b.  the  amendments  to  item  (i)  of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
   21  section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law  made  by  section
   22  two of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
   23  paragraph  pursuant to section 17 of chapter 483 of the laws of 2010, as
   24  amended; and
   25    c. nothing contained in this act shall be construed so  as  to  extend
   26  the  provisions  of this act beyond January 1, 2014, when upon such date
   27  this act shall expire and the provisions contained in this act shall  be
   28  deemed repealed.