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NY Env Conserv L § 71-0503 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 5 - Enforcement of Provisions Derived From Former Conservation Law 71-0503 - Investigation by Department.

§ 71-0503. Investigation by department.1.  Any  investigation,  inquiry  or  hearing which the department has   power to undertake or to hold may be undertaken or held by or before the   commissioner, the deputy commissioner or the  head  of  a  division,  or   before  any  other  officer or employee of the department designated for   such purpose by written order of the commissioner, filed in  the  office   of the department. All investigations, inquiries, hearings and decisions   of  the commissioner, the deputy commissioner or the head of a division,   shall be and be deemed to be the investigations, inquiries, hearings and   decisions of the department, and every order or  decision  made  by  the   commissioner,   and   every   order  or  decision  made  by  the  deputy   commissioner or a head of division and approved  and  confirmed  by  the   commissioner and ordered filed in the office of the department, shall be   and be deemed to be the order or decision of the department.2.  The commissioner, deputy commissioner, a head of a division, or an   officer  or  employee  of  the  department  duly   designated   by   the   commissioner,   shall   have  the  power  to  administer  oaths  in  any   proceedings which the department is required or  authorized  by  law  to   conduct.3.  The  department  shall  have  power  to  subpoena  and require the   attendance in this state of witnesses and  the  production  by  them  of   books  and papers pertinent to the investigations and inquiries which it   is authorized to make under any provision  of  this  chapter  listed  in   section  71-0501  or under titles 5 through 15 inclusive and title 33 of   this article and to examine them and such public  records  as  it  shall   require  in  relation  thereto, and for the purpose of such examinations   the department shall possess all the powers conferred by the Legislative   Law upon a commitee of the Legislature or by the Civil Practice Law  and   Rules  upon  a board or committee, and may invoke the power of any court   of record in the state  to  compel  the  attendance  and  testifying  of   witnesses and the production by them of books and papers as aforesaid. A   subpoena  issued  under  this  section  shall  be regulated by the Civil   Practice Law and Rules.4. In any investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing  before  the   department, the commissioner, his deputy or any other officer conducting   the  investigation, inquiry or hearing may confer immunity in accordance   with the provisions of section 50.20 of the Criminal Procedure Law.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0505 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 5 - Enforcement of Provisions Derived From Former Conservation Law 71-0505 - Suits and Prosecution.

§ 71-0505. Suits and prosecution.1.  The  commissioner  shall  have the power to bring actions suits or   proceedings as in his judgment may be necessary or proper to perform any   of the powers,  functions  or  duties  imposed  upon  him  or  upon  the   department  or  any  division  thereof  by any of the provisions of this   chapter listed in section 71-0501 or under titles 5 through 15 inclusive   and title 33 of this article or to prevent the violation by any  person,   public  or private, of any of the provisions thereof; and shall have the   power to defend such actions, suits or proceedings as may arise  through   the  performance  of any of the powers, duties or functions imposed upon   him or upon the department or any division thereof.2. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General, when requested by the   department,  to  appoint  an  Assistant  Attorney  General,   and   such   assistants  as may be necessary and assign them to the department.  Such   Assistant Attorney General and assistants shall receive salaries, to  be   fixed  by  the  Attorney  General  within the appropriation therefor. It   shall be the duty of  such  assistant,  in  the  name  of  the  Attorney   General,  to  conduct  all  prosecutions  for  penalties  imposed by the   provisions of this chapter listed in section 71-0501 or under  titles  5   through  15  inclusive  and  title  33  of this article and to bring all   actions, suits and proceedings, which the department shall be authorized   to institute  and  maintain,  and  to  defend  all  actions,  suits  and   proceedings brought against the department, its officers or employees of   or  on  account of any act or any thing done by the said department, its   officers or employees when such act or thing was, in the opinion of  the   Attorney  General,  done  in  the  discharge  of any official duty or in   reasonable exercise of authority.3. No action, suit or proceeding in which the title to  lands  of  the   state  in  forest preserve counties shall be involved shall be withdrawn   or discontinued, nor shall judgment therein against the state be entered   on  consent  except  on  special  permission  of  the  court  and  after   application  made  in open court, on which application all the terms and   conditions of the settlement shall be fully stated in  writing  and  the   reasons therefor set forth at length.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0509 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 5 - Enforcement of Provisions Derived From Former Conservation Law 71-0509 - Costs in Actions by the People.

§ 71-0509. Costs in actions by the people.In  case  of recovery of any amount in an action brought for a penalty   under the provisions of this chapter listed in section 71-0501 or  under   titles  5  through  15  inclusive  and  title 33, of this article or any   action authorized by such law as amended, in any  court  of  record  the   people  shall  be  entitled to recover full costs, of course, and at the   rates as provided for civil actions.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0511 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 5 - Enforcement of Provisions Derived From Former Conservation Law 71-0511 - Judgments; How Enforced.

§ 71-0511. Judgments; how enforced.Judgments  recovered  under  the  provisions of this chapter listed in   section 71-0501 or under titles 5 through 15 inclusive and title  33  of   this article may be enforced by contempt.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0513 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 5 - Enforcement of Provisions Derived From Former Conservation Law 71-0513 - Jurisdiction of Courts in Criminal Cases.

§ 71-0513. Jurisdiction of courts in criminal cases.1. Except as provided in subdivision 2 of this section, County Courts,   and  subject  to the power of removal provided in the Criminal Procedure   Law, district courts, the New York City criminal court, town courts  and   village   courts   shall   have,   in  the  first  instance,  concurrent   jurisdiction of offenses committed under the provisions of this  chapter   listed  in  section  71-0501  or under titles 5 through 15 inclusive and   title 33 of this article, provided, however, that  an  action  before  a   town  court  shall  be  brought  in  the  town  in which the offense was   committed or an adjoining town, and that an action before a County Court   shall be brought in the county in which the  offense  was  committed.  A   warrant  shall be returnable before the local criminal court issuing the   same.2. This section does not apply to offenses committed under articles 11   and 13 or title 9 of this article.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0517 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 5 - Enforcement of Provisions Derived From Former Conservation Law 71-0517 - Witnesses Not Excused From Testifying.

§ 71-0517. Witnesses not excused from testifying.No  person  shall  be  excused from testifying or producing any books,   papers or other documents in any civil or criminal action or  proceeding   taken  or  had  under  the  provisions of this chapter listed in section   71-0501 or under titles 5 through 15 inclusive  and  title  33  of  this   article, upon the ground that his testimony might tend to convict him of   a  crime, or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall   be prosecuted, punished or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or   on account of any act, transaction, matter or thing concerning which  he   shall,  under oath, have testified or produced documentary evidence, and   no testimony so given or produced shall be received against him upon any   criminal investigation or proceeding; provided, however, that no  person   so  testifying  shall  be  exempt from prosecution or punishment for any   perjury committed by him in his testimony.  Nothing herein contained  is   intended  to  give,  or shall be construed as in any manner giving, unto   any corporation, immunity of any kind.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0521 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 5 - Enforcement of Provisions Derived From Former Conservation Law 71-0521 - Certificate by Court or Justice.

§ 71-0521. Certificate by court or justice.The  court  or  justice, other than a town justice or a village police   justice, before whom  any  person  shall  be  tried  or  before  whom  a   compromise  of  the  civil penalties for a violation of any provision of   this chapter listed in section 71-0501 or  under  titles  5  through  15   inclusive  and  title  33  of this article, shall have been made, or the   clerk of the court, if there be a clerk, shall, at  the  termination  of   such trial or proceeding, forthwith mail or deliver to the department at   Albany,  or  to  its  representative  at  such  trial  or  proceeding, a   certified statement of the disposition of the case or proceeding, giving   the date thereof, the name of the defendant, the name of the person upon   whose information the action or proceeding was instituted, the date  and   place of the violation, the name of each witness sworn in support of the   charges, and the costs of the court or fees of the justice, and the fees   of  the  constable, if any.  Provided, however, that a town justice or a   village police justice before whom any person shall be tried  or  before   whom  a  compromise  of  the  civil  penalties  for  a  violation of any   provision of this chapter listed in section 71-0501 or  under  titles  5   through  15 inclusive and title 33 of this article, shall have been made   shall forthwith mail or deliver to the department at Albany  or  to  its   representative  in attendance at such trial or proceeding such certified   statement, and within the first ten days  of  the  month  following  the   termination of such trial or proceeding deliver to the State Comptroller   at  Albany  a statement in such form as the Comptroller may require. The   Comptroller upon receipt of such statement shall, as provided in section   71-0507, audit the bills of the justice of the peace and  the  constable   for  fees  in  such  trial  or  proceeding  and shall pay to the persons   entitled thereto the amounts allowed by such audit and shall charge same   to the conservation fund.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0523 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 5 - Enforcement of Provisions Derived From Former Conservation Law 71-0523 - Power of the Department to Settle or Compromise an Action.

§ 71-0523. Power of the department to settle or compromise an action.The  department  shall  empowered  to  settle  or  compromise  in  its   discretion any action or cause of action to recover a penalty under  the   provisions  of  this chapter listed in section 71-0501 or under titles 5   through 15 inclusive and title 33  of  this  article,  as  it  may  deem   advantageous to the state.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0525 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 5 - Enforcement of Provisions Derived From Former Conservation Law 71-0525 - Powers of Designated Departmental Officers and Employees and Members of the State Police.

§ 71-0525. Powers  of designated departmental officers and employees andmembers of the state police.1. All police officers, such employees as may  be  designated  by  the   commissioner,  and  all  peace  officers,  when acting pursuant to their   special duties, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter  listed  in   section  71-0501  or under titles 5 through 15 inclusive and title 33 of   this article, or of judgments obtained for violation thereof, and  shall   have, particularly, the following powers:a. To execute all warrants and search warrants issued for violation of   articles  11  and 13 and titles 9 of this article and to serve subpoenas   issued for examination, investigation or trial of offenses  against  any   of its provisions;b.  To  search without search warrant any boat or vehicle of any kind,   any box,  locker,  basket,  creel,  crate,  game  bag,  package  or  any   container  of  any  nature and the contents of any building other than a   dwelling whenever they have cause to believe that any provision of  this   article  or of any law for the protection of fish, shellfish, crustacea,   wildlife, game or protected insects has been or is being  violated,  and   to use such force as may be necessary for the purpose of examination and   search;c.  To  search  any  dwelling  and  its contents, provided they have a   search warrant to do so;d. To arrest without warrant any person committing in their presence a   misdemeanor under this chapter listed in section 71-0501 or under titles   5 through 15 inclusive and title 33 of this article  and  to  take  such   person immediately before a magistrate having jurisdiction for trial.2.  A peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties or a police   officer  shall  have  the  same  powers  as  environmental  conservation   officers  and  state  police under the fish and wildlife law, except the   power to search without a warrant.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0701 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 7 - Enforcement of Article 9 71-0701 - Applicability of Title.

§ 71-0701. Applicability of title.In  addition  to  the  provisions of sections 71-0101 and 71-0301, and   titles 5 and 40 of this article, the provisions of this title  shall  be   applicable to the enforcement of article 9 of this chapter.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0705 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 7 - Enforcement of Article 9 71-0705 - Enforcement.

§ 71-0705. Enforcement.1.  All  police  officers  and peace officers, when acting pursuant to   their special duties, shall have the power to arrest without warrant any   person committing an offense under the provisions of article 9  and  may   take  such  persons  immediately before a magistrate having jurisdiction   for trial, and exercise such other powers of peace officers  as  may  be   necessary  for  the  enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  article 9. No   employees, police officers or peace officers shall compromise or  settle   any violation of article 9 without the order of the department.2.  In  lieu  of  arrests, such persons designated pursuant hereto may   issue appearance tickets as provided for in article one hundred fifty of   the criminal procedure law to persons committing an offense other than a   felony under the provisions of this article.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0707 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 7 - Enforcement of Article 9 71-0707 - Resisting or Obstructing Departmental Agent or Employee.

§ 71-0707. Resisting or obstructing departmental agent or employee.Any person who resists or obstructs an authorized agent or employee of   the  department  while  he  is  engaged in carrying out any provision of   section 9-0305 shall be guilty of a violation which shall be  punishable   by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and by an additional fine of   not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  additional  day of such   resistance or obstruction.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0709 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 7 - Enforcement of Article 9 71-0709 - Injury to State Lands.

§ 71-0709. Injury to state lands.Any  person who intentionally or negligently causes a fire which burns   on or over state lands shall be liable to the state for  treble  damages   and,  in  addition,  to  a  civil  penalty of ten dollars for every tree   killed or destroyed by such fire. Damages  to  state  lands  and  timber   shall be ascertained and determined at the same rate of value as if such   property were privately owned.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0711 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 7 - Enforcement of Article 9 71-0711 - Injury to Municipal or Private Lands.

§ 71-0711. Injury to municipal or private lands.Any person who causes a fire which burns on or over lands belonging to   another person or to a municipality shall be liable to the party injured   (a) for actual damages in case of fire negligently caused or (b) for the   higher of actual damages or damages at the rate of five dollars for each   tree killed or destroyed in case of fire wilfully caused.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0712 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 7 - Enforcement of Article 9 71-0712 - Timber Theft and Trespass Education-Training.

§ 71-0712. Timber theft and trespass education-training.Within  such  funds  as may be specifically appropriated therefor, the   commissioner is hereby authorized to seek the cooperation and assistance   of the attorney general's office and the office of court  administration   to  develop  and  provide  educational-training  programs  for municipal   justice courts, district  attorneys  and  law  enforcement  agencies  in   relation to the control and prosecution of timber theft and trespass.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0713 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 7 - Enforcement of Article 9 71-0713 - Recovery for Damages From Fires.

§ 71-0713. Recovery for damages from fires.The  state,  a  municipality  or  any  person  may sue for and recover   damages under section 71-0709 and 71-0711, notwithstanding the  distance   from  the  place  where the fire was set or started and nottwithstanding   the same may have burned over and across several  separate,  intervening   and distinct tracts, parcels or ownerships of land.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0715 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 7 - Enforcement of Article 9 71-0715 - Rules of Evidence Applicable to Forest Fire Cases.

§ 71-0715. Rules of evidence applicable to forest fire cases.1.  Prima  facie  cause on railroad right of way. The fact that a fire   originates upon the right of way of a  railroad  shall  be  prima  facie   evidence  that  the  fire  was  caused by the negligence of the railroad   company.2. Prima facie cause in clearing lands. Whenever a fire has  been  set   for  the  purpose specified in subdivision 5 of section 9-1105 in any of   the fire towns it shall be  prima  facie  evidence  that  the  fire  was   started by the owner or occupant of the land.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0901 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 9 - Enforcement of Articles 11 and 13--the Fish and Wildlife Law 71-0901 - Applicability of Title.

§ 71-0901. Applicability of title.In addition to the provisions of sections 71-0101, 71-0301 and title 5   of  this article the provisions of this title shall be applicable to the   enforcement of articles 11 and 13 of this chapter.    This  title  shall   also  apply to enforcement undertaken pursuant to the functions, powers,   duties and obligations of the Department of  Environmental  Conservation   provided for in section 41-0105.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0903 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 9 - Enforcement of Articles 11 and 13--the Fish and Wildlife Law 71-0903 - Accessories Guilty as Principals.

§ 71-0903. Accessories guilty as principals.1.  A  person  who counsels or aids in a violation of any provision of   the Fish and Wildlife Law or a regulation or  order  of  the  department   pursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Law, or knowingly shares in any of the   proceeds  of  such  a  violation  by receiving or possessing fish, game,   wildlife, shellfish, crustacea or protected insects  is  guilty  of  the   violation  which  he  counsels  or  aids,  or  the  proceeds of which he   knowingly shares.2. In any case where possession, transportation, buying or selling  of   fish, game, wildlife, shellfish, crustacea or insects is unlawful solely   because    the   taking   thereof   was   unlawful,   such   possession,   transportation, buying or selling by a person other than a person guilty   of the unlawful taking shall be punishable only if done  with  knowledge   that the taking was unlawful.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0905 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 9 - Enforcement of Articles 11 and 13--the Fish and Wildlife Law 71-0905 - Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Other Laws Not Affected.

§ 71-0905. Penal   Law,  Criminal  Procedure  Law  and  other  laws  notaffected.1. No provision or language of the Fish  and  Wildlife  Law  shall  be   construed  as amending, repealing, superseding or limiting any provision   of the Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law or other  law,  except  to  the   extent  that  such  provision  or  language  is  expressly  stated to be   applicable notwithstanding such law, or notwithstanding any  other  law.   Except  to  such  extent,  any  provisions  of the Fish and Wildlife Law   inconsistent with the provisions of any other law shall be deemed to  be   effective for the purposes of the Fish and Wildlife Law only.
NY Env Conserv L § 71-0911 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 71 - Enforcement Title 9 - Enforcement of Articles 11 and 13--the Fish and Wildlife Law 71-0911 - Search Warrants; When Issued.

§ 71-0911. Search warrants; when issued.Whenever  it  appears probable that fish, wildlife or game, shellfish,   crustacea,  protected  insect,  or  parts  thereof  taken  or  possessed   contrary  to  the  Fish  and  Wildlife  Law are concealed, or that a net   possessed contrary thereto is concealed, any local criminal court having   criminal jurisdiction shall issue a search  warrant  for  the  discovery   thereof  in  accordance with the practice provided in article 690 of the   Criminal Procedure Law, as far as it is applicable.