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STATE OF NEW YORK
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378--A

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

(PREFILED)

January 5, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation -- reported and referred to the  Commit-
  tee  on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

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.  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:
  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] THIS ARTICLE, and
  (2) frogs AND SNAPPING TURTLES may also be taken by spearing, catching
with  the  hands,  or by the use of a club or hook, AND SNAPPING TURTLES

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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MAY ALSO BE TAKEN BY TRAPPING PURSUANT TO TITLES 7 AND 11 OF THIS  ARTI-
CLE.
  S  3.  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  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed on and after September 30, 2014.