Provides that each county within the state may limit, restrict or prohibit trapping within its municipal limits; provides that municipalities may do so by local law or ordinance.

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A3816-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to environmental conservation
• Jan 27, 2011: referred to environmental conservation

A3816-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    3816

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              January 27, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
    Committee on Environmental Conservation

  AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to muni-
    cipalities regulating the use of traps

    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 11-1111 to read as follows:

  S 11-1111. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF TRAPPING.
    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR  OF  ANY  OTHER
  LAW,  RULE  OR REGULATION, EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE MAY, BY LOCAL LAW OR
  ORDINANCE, RESTRICT, LIMIT OR PROHIBIT  TRAPPING  WITHIN  ITS  MUNICIPAL
  LIMITS.  NO  PROVISION  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE
  DEPARTMENT FROM EXERCISING ITS  EMERGENCY  POWERS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
  11-0325  OF  THIS ARTICLE IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL OF FISH OR WILDLIFE
  IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OR SPREAD OF DISEASE.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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