bill #S4739A that might be infect in 2017
BILL NUMBER: S4739A
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
establishing the yearling buck protection program
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To expand the yearling buck protection program, currently undertaken
in parts of Sullivan, Ulster, and Orange Counties, to additional
Wildlife Management Units in New York.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
The legislation restricts persons who hunt or take deer under a valid
permit or license during bow hunting or regular and muzzle loading
deer seasons to the taking of antlered deer with at least one antler
with at least three points in certain wildlife management regions.
Additionally, the legislation restricts persons who hunt or take deer
under a valid permit or license during bow hunting or regular and
muzzle loading deer seasons to the taking of antlered deer with at
least one antler with at least four points.
JUSTIFICATION :
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4739--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 27, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. O'MARA, AMEDORE, DeFRANCISCO, FUNKE, LARKIN -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
establishing the yearling buck protection program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
new section 11-0935 to read as follows:
S 11-0935. YEARLING BUCK PROTECTION PROGRAM.
1. DEFINITIONS. A. "ANTLERED DEER" MEANS A DEER WITH AT LEAST ONE
ANTLER MEASURING THREE INCHES OR MORE IN LENGTH.
B. "WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNIT" MEANS WILDLIFE REGIONS AS DEMARCATED BY
THE DEPARTMENT.
2. RESTRICTIONS AND APPLICABILITY. A. ANY PERSON WHO HUNTS OR TAKES
ANTLERED DEER UNDER A VALID PERMIT OR LICENSE DURING THE BOW HUNTING,
REGULAR AND MUZZLELOADING DEER SEASONS IS RESTRICTED TO THE HUNTING OR
TAKING OF ANTLERED DEER WITH AT LEAST ONE ANTLER WITH AT LEAST THREE
POINTS IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNITS 3F, 3G, 3M, 3N, 3P, 3R, 4B, 4C, 4F,
4H, 4J, 4K, 4L, 4T, 4U, 4Y, 4Z, 5R, 5S, 5T, 7M, 7P, 6A, 6G, 6H, 6C, 6K
AND TAKING OF ANTLERED DEER WITH AT LEAST ONE ANTLER WITH AT LEAST FOUR
POINTS IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNITS 7R, 7S, 8N, 8P, 8R, 8T, 8W, 8X, 8Y,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M, 9N, 9P, 9R, 9S, 9T, 9W, 9X, 9Y, 7A, 7F, 7J, 6P, 6S,
6R, AND 4A; EACH POINT MUST BE AT LEAST ONE INCH LONG MEASURED FROM THE
MAIN ANTLER BEAM.
B. THE YEARLING BUCK PROTECTION PROGRAM APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE LAND WITHIN THE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNITS SET FORTH IN THIS
SECTION.