Relates to the regulation of live restraint cable devices to take wildlife; authorizes regulations by the department of environmental conservation.

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S548A-2013 Actions

• Mar 19, 2013: referred to environmental conservation
• Mar 19, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Mar 19, 2013: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 5, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 4, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Feb 28, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.112
• Feb 13, 2013: PRINT NUMBER 548B
• Feb 13, 2013: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Jan 15, 2013: PRINT NUMBER 548A
• Jan 15, 2013: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S548A-2013 Votes

S548A-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S548A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
regulation of live restraint cable devices to take wildlife;
and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration
thereof

PURPOSE: To allow for the use of live restraint
cables.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 states that live restraint
cables may be used to take coyote and other species authorized by
DEC, and allows for regulations to be promulgated by the DEC, further
requires trappers using these devices must complete a training course

Section 2 is the effective date and expires the bill on February 16,
2015.

JUSTIFICATION: Live cable restraints are an
effective tool for the
live capture of many furbearer species including coyotes and meet
international humane standards The association of Fish and Wildlife
agencies has approved them as a best management practice for coyotes,
red fox, grey fox, raccoon, beaver and bobcat.

Trappers use cable restraints as they are an inexpensive, efficient
safe and easy to use tool. Cable restraints are effective in all
weather conditions and are not as susceptible to the freeze-thaw
conditions of the Northern Zone.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: S. 4213 passed in 2011.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect
immediately and expire on February 16, 2016.

S548A-2013 Text

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

                                   548--A

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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

  AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
    regulation of live restraint  cable  devices  to  take  wildlife;  and
    providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
    of

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


    Section 1.   Subdivision 5 of section  11-1101  of  the  environmental
  conservation law is amended to read as follows:

    5. Except as provided in subdivision 1 or 2 of section 11-0523 OF THIS
  ARTICLE  with  respect  to  destructive and menacing wildlife, no person
  shall (a) set or use a trap of the leg-gripping type having teeth in the
  jaws; (b) set a trap so that wildlife when caught is suspended; (c) use,
  locate or set a snare or a device consisting of a noose of any  material
  whereby  an  animal  may  be  taken, EXCEPT THE DEPARTMENT MAY, BY REGU-
  LATION, AUTHORIZE THE USE OF LIVE RESTRAINT CABLE DEVICES TO TAKE COYOTE
  AND OTHER SPECIES AS ALLOWED BY THE DEPARTMENT  IN  THE  NORTHERN  ZONE.
  THESE REGULATIONS  SHALL INCLUDE LIVE CABLE RESTRAINT DEVICES CONSISTING
  OF  AT  LEAST ONE SWIVEL, A RELAXING LOCK, A DEER STOP, AND A BREAK AWAY
  DEVICE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROVISION:

    (1) A SWIVEL IS  A  DEVICE  INCORPORATED  AT  THE  END  OF  THE  CABLE
  RESTRAINT WHICH ALLOWS THE CAPTURED ANIMAL TO FREELY ROTATE;
    (2)  A  RELAXING  LOCK  IS A DEVICE THAT ALLOWS THE CABLE LOOP TO STOP
  RESTRICTING WHEN THE CAPTURED ANIMAL STOPS PULLING;
    (3) A DEER STOP IS A DEVICE INCORPORATED INTO THE LOOP  OF  THE  CABLE
  RESTRAINT THAT KEEPS THE CABLE RESTRAINT FROM CLOSING BEYOND A SPECIFIED

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD04616-02-3

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  CIRCUMFERENCE  TO ALLOW DEER THAT MAY ENCOUNTER THE RESTRAINT TO ESCAPE;
  AND
    (4)  A  BREAK  AWAY  DEVICE  ALLOWS THE LOOP OF THE CABLE RESTRAINT TO
  BREAK OPEN WHEN A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF FORCE IS APPLIED.
    TRAPPERS USING LIVE CABLE RESTRAINT DEVICES MUST COMPLETE  A  TRAINING
  COURSE IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND USE OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
  deemed repealed February 16, 2016.