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                                 2490--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2013
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Introduced  by  M. of A. MAGEE, OAKS, BARCLAY, ABINANTI -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conservation  --  reported
  and  referred  to the Committee on Codes -- 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 snap-
  ping  turtles;  and  providing  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:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  10  of  section 11-0701 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by chapter 57 of the laws of  1993  and  as
renumbered  by  chapter  470  of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
follows:
  10. A trapping license entitles the  holder  to  trap  beaver,  otter,
fisher,  mink,  muskrat,  skunk,  raccoon, bobcat, coyote, fox, opossum,
weasel, pine marten, SNAPPING TURTLES, and unprotected  wildlife  except
birds,  as  provided  in  title  11  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  subject  to the
provisions of subdivision [6] 3 of section 11-0713 of this article.
  S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 11-0701 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion  law, as amended by section 1-a of part R of chapter 58 of the laws
of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  8. A trapping license entitles the holder to trap beaver, otter, fish-
er, mink, muskrat, skunk, raccoon, bobcat, coyote, fox, opossum, weasel,
pine marten, SNAPPING TURTLES, and unprotected wildlife except birds, as
provided in title 11 OF THIS  ARTICLE,  subject  to  the  provisions  of
section 11-0713 of this article.
  S  3.  Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 11-0901 of the environ-
mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 825 of the laws  of  1973
and  subparagraph  1  as  amended by chapter 407 of the laws of 1976, 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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  c. Wild small game and wild upland game birds shall be taken  only  by
longbow or gun, or by the use of raptors as provided in title 10 of this
article, except that:
  (1) skunk, raccoon, bobcat, coyote, fox, mink and muskrat may be taken
in  any manner not prohibited in this section or in title 11 of the Fish
and Wildlife Law, [and]
  (2) frogs may also be taken by spearing, catching with the  hands,  or
by the use of a club or hook[.]; AND
  (3)  SNAPPING  TURTLES MAY ALSO BE TAKEN BY CATCHING WITH THE HANDS OR
BY TRAPPING PURSUANT TO TITLES 7 AND 11 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 4. Subdivision 1 of section 11-1103 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion  law,  as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, is amended to
read as follows:
  1. The department may by regulation permit trapping of beaver, fisher,
otter, bobcat, coyote, fox, raccoon, opossum,  weasel,  skunk,  muskrat,
pine  marten [and], mink, SNAPPING TURTLES, or any of them, in specified
areas, and may regulate the taking, possession and disposition  of  such
animals.   The periods in which trapping of such animals is so permitted
are open seasons for the trapping of the species for which the period is
fixed, in the area or areas for which it is so fixed.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
deemed  repealed  on and after September 30, 2015; provided that section
two of this act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
manner as section 1-a of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, takes
effect.