STATE OF NEW YORK
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3485
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the use of toxic ammunition in the taking of wildlife
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 11-0901 of the environmental
2 conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph h to read as
3 follows:
4 h. Wildlife shall not be taken with the use of any toxic ammunition,
5 including lead ammunition. Wildlife shall be taken using only any feder-
6 ally approved nontoxic ammunition.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
8 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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