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- Signed chap.73
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.370
- Substituted for A6952
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 54–4
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.542
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- Referred to environmental conservation
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Relates to hunting seasons in Seneca county
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Brian Kolb
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4729
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing hunting in the county of Seneca; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would allow the hunting of big game through the use of a rifle in all of Seneca County.
Existing law
Environmental Conservation Law Section 11-0907 currently allows the taking of deer by rifle in counties such as Albany, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Herkimer, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Ontario, Oswego, Otsego, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates, and in a portion of Broome and Chautauqua.
Justification
The Seneca County Board of Supervisors, by Resolution No. 28-15, has requested to be added to the list of counties where sportsmen and women are able to hunt big game with rifles. Since 2005, several counties in the Finger Lakes Region, Central New York and the Southern Tier have been allowed to permit hunting of big game with rifles. There have been very few reported adverse incidents or problems. Given the rural nature of Seneca County and the safety record of hunters in the counties where rifle hunting has been permitted, it would be reasonable to now permit rifle hunters in Seneca County the same opportunities.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and be deemed repealed on October 1, 2017.
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