S90-2013 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Eliminates the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the state

Eliminates the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the state.

Sponsor: GALLIVAN / Co-sponsor(s): LIBOUS, MAZIARZ, SEWARD / Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Law Section: Environmental Conservation Law / Law: Amd S11-0705, En Con L

S90-2013 Actions

Apr 24, 2013: referred to environmental conservation
Apr 23, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Apr 23, 2013: PASSED SENATE
Feb 12, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Feb 11, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Feb 5, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.32
Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S90-2013 Meetings

Environmental Conservation: Feb 5, 2013

S90-2013 Calendars

S90-2013 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Environmental Conservation - Feb 5, 2013

Ayes (10): Grisanti, LaValle, Little, Marcellino, Maziarz, O'Mara, Smith, Young, Espaillat, Latimer
Ayes W/R (2): Avella, Tkaczyk
Nays (1): Serrano

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Apr 23, 2013

Ayes (60): Adams, Addabbo, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Boyle, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Farley, Felder, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Gipson, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Hoylman, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, Latimer, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Marchione, Martins, Maziarz, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Brien, O'Mara, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Sanders, Savino, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Tkaczyk, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Nays (2): Espaillat, Serrano
Excused (1): Sampson

S90-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S90

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to eliminating
the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the
state

PURPOSE:
To no longer require hunters to display back tags while hunting.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Removes the requirement to display back tags on one's outer
garment when legally hunting.

Section 2. Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation would eliminate the use of back tags in New York.
Currently, back tags are not required to be worn while hunting in the
Northern zone and Catskill Park in New York which comprises for
almost 50% of New York's land mass. This bill would simplify the
existing regulations by eliminating confusion along the border areas
of today's back tag and no back tag areas. There are currently 48
other states that do not require the wearing of back tags.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-12 S.6993/A.9806 Passed Senate/Referred to Environmental
Conservation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S90-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                           90
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to elim
 inating the requirement that hunters wear  back  tags  during  hunting
 season in the state
 

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

 

Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section  11-0705  of  the  environ
 mental conservation law, paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of subdivision 2 as
 amended  by  section  24 of part F of chapter 82 of the laws of 2002 and
 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 57 of the laws of 1993, are  amended
 to read as follows:

 2.  [a. Holders of a license which authorizes the holder to hunt wild-
 life  other  than  big  game,  while  exercising  the privileges of such
 license, shall have the back tag issued with their license  attached  to
 and  displayed on the back of the outer garment between the shoulders in
 such manner that all figures are plainly visible at all times.
 b. Holders of a license which authorizes the holder to hunt big  game,
 while  hunting  wild  deer  or bear, shall have the back tag issued with
 their license so attached and displayed.
 c. The license tag for the current year only shall be displayed.
 d. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs a, b  and  c  of  this
 subdivision,  a  license  holder  shall  not be required to display such
 license tag in the Northern Zone or the Catskill Park.
 3.] Failure of a licensee to have the holder's license, tag or license
 with stamp affixed, on the holder's person while exercising  any  privi
 lege  of  the  license,  tag  or license and stamp, and to wear in plain
 sight any button issued with the license while so doing, is  presumptive
 evidence  that  the  holder is hunting, fishing or trapping, as the case
 may be, without holding the license, tag or license and  stamp  required
 by subdivision 6 of section 11-0703.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01947-01-3

S90-2013: Eliminates the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the state