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- Referred to environmental conservation
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BILL NUMBER:S7508
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to deer management, expanding longbow hunting season and authorizing towns to enact local laws relating to the discharge of long- bows
Purpose
Relates to long bow hunting seasons in the state
Summary of provisions
Section 1 adds a new subdivision to Section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law that establishes that during any special muzzle-load firearm open season, longbow hunting shall also be permitted in the Northern Zone.
Section 2 adds a new subdivision 19 to Section 11-0305 of the environ- mental conservation law that details the preparation for a state deer management plan for the white-tailed deer.
Section 3 amends paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 14 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014 that outlines the regular open hunting season for deer.
Section 4 amends paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-007 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 15 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014 that outlines the regular open hunting season for big game
Section 5 adds a new paragraph h to subdivision 7 of section 11-0903 of the environmental conservation law that allows the town board of any town to establish a local law that permits hunting on Saturday and Sunday during the season, permits the use of a long bow to take wild deer in designated areas and to repeal the requirement of a special permit.
Section 6 adds a new sub-paragraph 2-a to paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 11-0931 of the environmental conservation law that authorizes a town board through a local law to permit the discharge of a longbow of not less than 150 feet from a dwelling house, farm building, active farm structure, or occupied factory
Section 7 sets an immediate effective date.
Justification
Throughout the State of New York, there are ever growing concerns of the overpopulation of deer. This legislation seeks to empower localities to take greater action to regulate the deer popu- lation within their communities. On the local level, town boards would have new flexibility to expand targeted long bow hunting.
On a state level, this legislation give new opportunities to hunters and sportsmen to have an expanded long bow hunting season and a more compre- hensive white tail deer management plan that will consider current deer densities and whether the State needs to reduce its ideal deer popu- lation per square mile. Additionally, the plan would also have to provide expanded analysis on the role of deer in the dissemination of tick-borne diseases and outline new methods for decreasing the trans- mission of tick-borne diseases.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Local fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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