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This bill extends the authorization for youth pheasant hunting days on Long Island from 2019 to 2022.
Why it matters
Extending the youth pheasant hunting program gives more young people the opportunity to participate in hunting and outdoor education activities, potentially fostering lifelong engagement with conservation and wildlife management.
The extension reflects ongoing support for recreational hunting on Long Island, which may have economic and cultural importance for local communities, including sporting goods sales and traditional practices.
By prolonging the authorization period, the state can continue to gather data and feedback on the impacts of youth hunting days, informing future policy decisions related to wildlife populations, land use, and public safety.
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Extend Youth Pheasant Hunting
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History
- Signed chap.233
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.185
- Substituted for A7691
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1270
- Referred to rules
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Extend Junior Pheasant Hunting
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Steven Englebright
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6350
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 6, 2019
Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- (at request of the Department of Environmental Conservation) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend chapter 366 of the laws of 2011 amending the environmental conservation law relating to youth pheasant hunting days on Long Island, in relation to the effectiveness of such chapter
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 366 of the laws of 2011, amending the environmental conservation law relating to youth pheasant hunting days on Long Island, as amended by chapter 178 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law; provided that paragraph c-1 of section 11-0903 of the environmental conservation law as added by section one of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on December 31, [2019] 2022.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 366 of the laws of 2011 amend- ing the environmental conservation law relating to youth pheasant hunt- ing days on Long Island, in relation to the effectiveness of such chap- ter
Purpose of the bill
The purpose of this bill is to extend the authority of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to fix annually by regulation the open seasons and bag limits for pheasants on Long Island for those who hold a junior license.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill amends section 3 of Chapter 366 of the Laws of 2011 to extend Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) § 11-0903(2) (c-1) until December 31, 2022, which authorizes DEC to hold a youth hunt pursuant to regulations which establish open season and bag limits for pheasants on Long Island.
Section 2 of this bill provides that the bill shall take effect imme- diately.
Statement in support
DEC has successfully provided junior hunters (ages 12-15 years old) the opportunity to hunt pheasants for seven consecutive years in upstate New York, and the Northern and Southern hunting zones. In 2011, the Legisla- ture authorized DEC to establish a youth pheasant hunt on Long Island. Since that time, DEC has established successful and popular youth pheas- ant hunting opportunities on Long Island. Authorizing DEC to extend the authority to hold annual youth hunting opportunities on Long Island would provide interested youth hunters ample hunting opportunities and act as a valuable and critical recruitment tool for new hunters.
DEC's authority to hold youth pheasant hunts on Long Island will sunset on December 31, 2019 without legislative action. Given the success of the hunts authorized under this law, this bill proposes to extend this authority to ensure that youth hunters on Long Island will continue to be able to have a special hunting opportunity.
Prior legislative history
ECL § 11-0903 was last amended to provide DEC with authority to set seasons and bag limits for pheasants on Long Island by Chapter 178 of the Laws of 2017.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This bill would take effect immediately.
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