What's happening
This bill extends the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to regulate hunting seasons in New York's northern zone until 2021.
Why it matters
Extending the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) authority allows for ongoing, flexible management of hunting seasons in the Northern Zone, which is important for adapting to changing wildlife populations and ecosystem needs.
The DEC can continue to adjust the timing, duration (up to 14 days before or after the main season, not to exceed 16 days total), and specific rules (such as which types of deer may be hunted and permit requirements), giving them tools to balance ecological health with hunting interests.
This extension also ensures that the needs and concerns of various stakeholders—such as property owners, hunters, and local communities—are considered each year, rather than locking in static regulations that might not fit changing circumstances.
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Extend Hunting Rules Authority
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2 Co-sponsors
History
- Substituted by S7951
- Advanced to third reading cal.1089
- Reported
- Referred to environmental conservation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Extend Hunting Rules Authority
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Thomas F. O'Mara
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10862
IN ASSEMBLY
May 24, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. JONES, ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of the Department of Environmental Conservation) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to adopt regulations for hunting in the northern zone
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 8 of section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 211 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
c. Until December thirty-first, two thousand [eighteen] twenty-one, such special season for the Northern Zone or any portion thereof may by regulation be for up to a fourteen-day period preceding the regular open season for deer stated in column two of the table set forth in subdivision 2 of this section or may be for up to a fourteen-day period following such open season or any combination thereof, provided that a maximum of sixteen days is not exceeded for any open area. Regulations establishing such Northern Zone muzzle-loading firearm big game season may specify the taking of deer of either sex, antlerless deer only, legal bucks only, or any combination thereof, and may require that persons participating in the Northern Zone muzzle-loading firearm big game season obtain a special permit from the department. When establishing these regulations, the department must consider the condition of the herd and communities', property owners', hunters' and other relevant interests.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14435-01-8
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