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A3609Assembly2019-2020 Session

Ease Rules for Water Traps

Official title

“Exempts traps set in water from the requirement that they be visited once every 24 hours”

Sponsor Aileen GuntherAD-100+1 co-sponsorAffects Environment & Energy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Environmental Conservation
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Environmental Conservation

What's happening

This bill exempts traps set in water from the requirement to be checked every 24 hours, allowing up to 48 hours instead.

Why it matters

  1. Extending trap-check intervals for water traps could reduce the burden on trappers. , making it easier and potentially more economical to operate in remote or difficult-to-access aquatic areas.

  2. This change may affect animal welfare. , as animals caught in water traps could remain captive for up to 48 hours before being checked, potentially increasing stress or mortality compared to the current 24-hour requirement.

  3. The bill shifts more regulatory flexibility to the Department of Environmental Conservation. , allowing them to mandate shorter intervals if deemed necessary, which could help address local ecological or ethical concerns.

  4. Environmental and population impacts may change. , as longer intervals between checks might alter capture rates, non-target species interactions, or the overall effectiveness of wildlife management practices in aquatic environments.

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Ease Rules for Water Traps

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Aileen Gunther

Assembly Member · Assembly District 100

1 Co-sponsor

History

  1. Referred to environmental conservation
  2. Referred to environmental conservation

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

3609

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 29, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, HAWLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to exempting traps set in water from the requirement of being visited every twenty-four hours

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-1105 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 279 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:

1. Traps set for taking wildlife shall bear the name and residence address or the assigned identification number of the operator legibly at all times, provided, that state, county and municipal law enforcement agencies shall have access to the name, address and telephone number of such operator who was assigned such identification number. They shall be visited once in each twenty-four hours, except traps in the Northern Zone [where they] and traps set in water which shall be visited once in each forty-eight hours or a shorter interval of no less than twenty-four hours as the department may, by regulation, require, and all wildlife held captive shall immediately be removed from the traps.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD00311-01-9

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