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NY Env Conserv L § 11-0535-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or 11-0535-A - Illegal Ivory Articles and Rhinoceros Horns.

§ 11-0535-a. Illegal ivory articles and rhinoceros horns.1. As used in this section:a.  "Distribute"  means  a  transfer  or  change in possession with an   accompanying change in legal ownership.b. "Ivory article" means any item containing worked or raw ivory  from   any species of elephant or mammoth.c.  "Raw  ivory"  means  any  elephant  or mammoth tusk, and any piece   thereof, the surface of which, polished, or unpolished, is unaltered  or   minimally carved.d.  "Worked  ivory"  means any elephant or mammoth tusk, and any piece   thereof, which is not raw ivory.2. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of this  section,   no  person  shall  sell,  offer  for  sale,  purchase,  trade, barter or   distribute an ivory article or rhinoceros horn.3. Unless  such  activity  is  prohibited  by  federal  law,  rule  or   regulation, the commissioner may issue licenses or permits for the sale,   offering for sale, purchase, trading, bartering or distribution of ivory   articles or rhinoceros horns, provided that:a. the ivory article or rhinoceros horn is part of a bona fide antique   and  is  less  than  twenty  percent  by volume of such antique, and the   antique status of such antique is established by  the  owner  or  seller   thereof  with historical documentation evidencing provenance and showing   the antique to be not less then one hundred years old;b. the distribution or change of possession of the  ivory  article  or   rhinoceros  horn is for bona fide educational or scientific purposes, or   to a museum chartered by the board of regents pursuant to the  education   law  or to a museum authorized by a special charter from the legislature   of this state; orc. the distribution of the ivory article or rhinoceros horn  is  to  a   legal  beneficiary of a trust or to an heir or distributee of an estate;   ord. the  ivory  article  or  rhinoceros  horn  is  part  of  a  musical   instrument,  including,  without limitation, string and wind instruments   and pianos, and the owner or seller provides historical documentation as   the department may require, demonstrating  provenance  and  showing  the   item was manufactured no later than nineteen hundred seventy-five.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0535-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or 11-0535-B - Vulnerable Species.

§ 11-0535-b. Vulnerable species.   1.  As  used  in  this  section,  "vulnerable  species" shall mean any species of wildlife designated by the department,  by  regulation  filed with the secretary of state, which meet the following criteria:  (a)  On  the  basis of credible scientific evidence, which may include information contained on the international  union  for  conservation  of nature  and  natural  resources red list of threatened species, or other similar data:  (i) the species has an observed,  estimated  or  projected  population decline  that  if unreversed, will likely result in the species becoming endangered or threatened within the foreseeable future; or  (ii) other factors that may cause the species to go  extinct  if  they are not identified and reversed;  (b) The species is known to be in trade in this state;  (c)  The  species  is  not  protected  as  an endangered or threatened species by the secretary of the interior; and  (d) The species is not protected under the  Marine  Mammal  Protection Act.   2.  Except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of this section, no person shall sell, or possess with the intent to  sell,  any  article made  in  whole  or  in  part from the skin, hide, or other parts of any vulnerable species, except under license or permit from the department.   3. The commissioner may issue licenses or  permits  for  the  sale  or possession  with  intent to sell of any article made in whole or in part from the skin, hide, or other parts of any vulnerable species,  provided that:  (a)  the article is part of a bona fide antique and the antique status of such antique is established by  the  owner  or  seller  thereof  with historical  documentation  evidencing provenance and showing the antique to be not less than one hundred years old; or  (b) the article is for bona fide educational or  scientific  purposes, or  to  be  made part of a temporary or permanent collection of a museum chartered by the board of regents pursuant to the education law or to  a museum  authorized  by  a  special  charter from the legislature of this state, provided that the article is not thereafter sold to  any  private party.   4.  The  department  shall  maintain  a  list  of  vulnerable  species identified  pursuant  to  this  section  and  post  such  list  on   the department's website.   5.  Species  shall  not  be designated as a vulnerable species for the purposes of this section if:  (a) the species is protected pursuant to any other provision  of  this chapter; or  (b)  the taking of the species is regulated by the department pursuant to permit or license.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0535-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or 11-0535-C - Endangered and Threatened Species Mitigation Bank Fund.

* § 11-0535-c. Endangered and threatened species mitigation bank fund.1.  The  department  is  hereby  authorized  to  utilize  funds in the   endangered and threatened  species  mitigation  bank  fund,  established   pursuant  to  section  ninety-nine-hh  of the state finance law, for the   purposes of implementing an endangered and threatened species mitigation   plan approved by the department.2. Such fund shall consist of contributions, in an  amount  determined   by  the department, deposited by an applicant granted a siting permit to   construct a major renewable energy facility, where  such  applicant  has   been  ordered  to mitigate harm to a threatened or endangered species or   its habitat.3. In administering the provisions of this article, the commissioner:a.  May,  in  the  name  of  the  state,  enter  into  contracts  with   not-for-profit corporations, private or public universities, and private   contractors  for  services  contemplated  by  this title. Such contracts   shall be subject to approval by the state comptroller and, as  to  form,   by the attorney general.b.  Shall  approve  vouchers  for  payments  pursuant  to  an approved   contract.  All such payments shall be paid on the audit and  warrant  of   the state comptroller;c.  May,  in  the  name  of  the  state,  enter  into contracts with a   not-for-profit corporation to administer grants made  pursuant  to  this   title,  including  the  approval  and  payment  of vouchers for approved   contracts; andd. May perform such other  and  further  acts  as  may  be  necessary,   proper, or desirable to carry out the provisions of this article.4. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or restrict any   powers  of  the  commissioner  or any other agency pursuant to any other   provision of law.5. The commissioner is  authorized  and  directed  to  promulgate  any   regulations deemed necessary to implement this section.* NB Repealed December 31, 2030
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0537 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or 11-0537 - Bald and Golden Eagles; Prohibited Acts.

§ 11-0537. Bald and golden eagles; prohibited acts.It  shall  be  unlawful  to knowingly or with wanton disregard for the   consequences of this act to take, possess, sell, purchase, barter, offer   to sell, purchase or barter, transport, export or import, at any time or   in any manner, any bald eagle commonly known as the American  eagle,  or   any  golden  eagle,  alive or dead, or any part, nest, or egg thereof of   the foregoing eagles without a permit from a lawful authority.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0538 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or 11-0538 - Direct Contact Between Public and Big Cats Prohibited.

§ 11-0538. Direct contact between public and big cats prohibited.   1. As used in this section:  (a)  "Big  cat"  shall  mean  any live species of lion (panthera leo), tiger (panthera tigres), leopard (panthera pardus) (with  the  exception of  clouded  leopards  (neofelis  nebulosa)),  jaguar  (panthera  onca), mountain lion, sometimes called cougar (felis concolar) or any hybrid of such species.  (b)  "Direct  contact"  means  physical  contact  or  proximity  where physical  contact is possible, including, but not limited to, allowing a photograph to be taken without a permanent physical barrier designed  to prevent physical contact between the public and big cats.  (c)  "Dealer" shall mean any person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit, delivers for  transportation,  or  transports,  except  as  a carrier, buys, sells, or negotiates the purchase or sale of any animals.  (d)  "Exhibitor"  shall mean any person (public or private) exhibiting any  animals,  which  were  purchased  in  commerce  or   the   intended distribution  of which affects commerce, or will affect commerce, to the public for compensation, as determined by  the  commissioner,  and  such term  includes  carnivals,  circuses,  and  zoos exhibiting such animals whether operated for profit or not.   2. It shall be unlawful for any person  licensed  or  required  to  be licensed as an exhibitor or dealer pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act, 7 USC  2132-2134,  including  agents  or  employees  of  such  person,  to knowingly allow the public to have direct contact with a big cat.   3. Any person who violates the provisions of  this  section  shall  be subject to a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense  and  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  for  a second and subsequent offenses. Each instance of allowing direct contact of  a  big cat  with  the  public  in  violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.   4. Nothing in this section shall be construed  to  limit  or  restrict veterinary examination, treatment or care of a big cat or transportation of the animal for such purpose.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0540 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or 11-0540 - Prohibition on Permits Authorizing the Use of Elephants in Entertainment Acts.

§ 11-0540. Prohibition  on  permits  authorizing the use of elephants inentertainment acts.The department shall not  issue  any  license  or  permit  that  would   authorize  the  use  of  an elephant in an entertainment act pursuant to   section three hundred eighty of the agriculture and markets law.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0704 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 7 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses 11-0704 - Transfer of a Lifetime License.

§ 11-0704. Transfer of a lifetime license.A  lifetime  license, as provided in section 11-0702 of this title, is   not transferable to any person unless:1. the person to whom such license and permit was issued  dies  within   one year of the issuance date of such license and permit; and2.  the person to whom such license and permit is to be transferred is   a legal resident of this state pursuant to this title; and3. the person to whom such license and permit  is  to  be  transferred   would otherwise be eligible to purchase such license and permit; and4.  the person to whom such license is to be transferred is related to   the person to whom such license  was  issued  by  the  first  degree  of   consanguinity, or legal marriage to such person, or is the adopted child   or step child or step sibling of such person; and5.   designation  is  made  by  the  personal  representative  of  the   decedent's estate; and6. The application for transfer is made  within  three  years  of  the   issuance of the license; and7.  the person to whom such license and permit is transferred pays the   fee as set forth in section 11-0702 of this title; and8. such license and permit has not been previously transferred.Provided, however, that  subdivisions  one,  six  and  seven  of  this   section  shall not apply when the person to whom such license was issued   was a member of the armed forces of the United States or a member of the   national guard or other reserve component of the  armed  forces  of  the   United  States  who  died in combat zone or combat zone of operations or   while deployed for active military duty,  other  than  training,  on  or   after the eleventh day of September, two thousand one.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0705 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 7 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses 11-0705 - Failure to Carry License, Tag or Bowhunting And/or Muzzle-Loading Privileges.

§ 11-0705. Failure   to   carry   license,   tag  or  bowhunting  and/or              muzzle-loading privileges.   1.  a.  The  holder  of  a  license,  tag,  bowhunting  privilege   or muzzle-loading privilege defined in section 11-0701 of this title shall:  (1)  have  such license, tag or privilege on the holder's person while exercising any privilege of that license stated in  section  11-0701  of this  title,  or  while  assisting or accompanying a minor in hunting as provided in section 11-0929 of this article, and  (2) shall exhibit it on demand to any police officer, peace officer or owner, lessee or person in  control  of  the  lands  or  waters  or  the designees  of  the  owner,  lessee  or person in control of the lands or waters on which the license holder is present.   2. a. Holders of a hunting license while exercising the privileges  of such license, shall have the back tag issued with their license attached to  and displayed on the back of the outer garment between the shoulders in such manner that all figures are plainly visible at all times.   b. The license tag for the current year only shall be displayed.   c. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  paragraphs  a  and  b  of  this subdivision,  a  license  holder  shall  not be required to display such license tag in the Northern Zone or the Catskill Park.   3. Failure of a licensee to have the holder's license, tag or  license with   bowhunting  and/or  muzzle-loading  privilege  included,  on  the holder's person while  hunting,  fishing  or  trapping,  is  presumptive evidence  that  the  holder is hunting, fishing or trapping, as the case may be, without holding the license, tag or license  and  bowhunting  or muzzle-loading privilege required by subdivision 6 of section 11-0703 of this title.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0706 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 7 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses 11-0706 - Gift Cards for Hunting and Fishing Licenses.

§ 11-0706. Gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses.1.  The  commissioner  is  authorized  to establish gift cards for the   licenses and bowhunting  and  muzzle-loading  privileges  set  forth  in   section 11-0701 of this title.2.  For  the purposes of this title, the term "gift card" shall mean a   restricted monetary equivalent or voucher that,  when  redeemed  by  the   holder,  entitles  such  person  to a valid license or bowhunting and/or   muzzle-loading privilege as set forth in section 11-0701 of this title.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0709 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 7 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses 11-0709 - Circumstances in Which License Under Section 11-0701 Not Required.

§ 11-0709. Circumstances  in  which  license  under  section 11-0701 notrequired.1. When a license or permit issued by the  department,  other  than  a   license  defined in section 11-0701, permits taking of fish or wildlife,   such taking is exempted from the requirement of a  license,  defined  in   section  11-0701,  which would otherwise be required, unless the license   or permit or the statute  authorizing  its  issuance  states  that  such   license is required.2.  Whenever  taking of destructive or menacing wildlife is authorized   in section 11-0523 of this article,  such  taking  is  exempt  from  the   requirement of a license which authorizes the holder to hunt wildlife or   trap,  unless  the provision authorizing such taking specifies that such   license is required.3. The holder of a farm fish pond license, members  of  his  immediate   family  and  persons  actually employed by him in the cultivation of his   farm or in the management of the  licensed  pond  may,  without  fishing   license,  take  fish  in accordance with section 11-1911 and regulations   governing the taking of fish from such fish ponds.4. The holder of a fishing preserve license, members of his  immediate   family,  and  any  person to whom the licensee has granted permission to   take fish from  such  licensed  fishing  preserve  waters  may,  without   fishing or netting license, take fish in accordance with section 11-1913   and  regulations governing the taking of fish from such fishing preserve   waters.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0909 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 9 - Hunting 11-0909 - Hunting Hours.

§ 11-0909. Hunting hours.1.  Bobcat, mink, muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and skunk may be taken   at any hour, day or night.2. Migratory game birds shall be taken only during the hours specified   in regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 11-0307.3. a. Wild deer and bear, wild upland game birds, and small game other   than bobcat, mink, muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and skunk, taken in any   open season, shall be taken  only  between  the  hours  of  sunrise  and   sunset, unless otherwise provided in regulations of the department.b.  The department shall have the authority to establish by regulation   hours of hunting wild deer and bear, wild upland game birds,  and  small   game,  other than bobcat, mink, muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and skunk,   during the open season provided therefor.c. Such regulations shall provide for uniform hunting  hours  for  all   species  of game for which an open season is provided, during all or any   part of the period covered by such regulations, other than bobcat, mink,   muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and skunk.d. The  department  shall  have  the  authority  to  provide  in  such   regulations  for  different  hours  of hunting in different areas as set   forth in  such  regulations,  and  shall  have  the  authority  in  such   regulations  to  provide  for  different  hours of hunting for a part or   parts of any open season.e. A summary of regulations adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall   be published each year in  the  hunting  and  fishing  syllabus  of  the   department issued pursuant to section 11-0323.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0914 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 9 - Hunting 11-0914 - Yearling Buck Protection Program.

§ 11-0914. Yearling buck protection program.1.  Definitions.  a.  An  "antlered deer" is defined as 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  application.  a.  Any person who hunts or takes   antlered deer under a valid permit or  license  during  the  bowhunting,   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. Each point must be at least one inch long measured from the main   antler beam.b.  This  program  applies  to  all public and private land within the   specified wildlife management units.3. Wildlife management units. These restrictions shall only  apply  to   that  portion  of  wildlife  management  unit 3A south and west of state   route twenty-eight.4. Exemptions from requirements. Hunters under the  age  of  seventeen   are  exempt  from  the  provisions of this section and may take any deer   with an antler or antlers measuring three inches or more in length.
NY Env Conserv L § 11-0915 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 9 - Hunting 11-0915 - Disposal of Deer, Moose and Bear Killed Unintentionally by Collision.

§ 11-0915. Disposal  of  deer,  moose and bear killed unintentionally bycollision.The owner of a motor vehicle which has been damaged  by  unintentional   collision  with  a deer, moose or bear shall be entitled to possess such   deer, moose or bear under the following conditions:1. The accident is reported to an environmental conservation  officer,   a  member  of  the State Police, a member of the sheriff's department in   which the accident occurred or, if the accident occurred on lands  under   the  jurisdiction  of  the  office  of  parks,  recreation  and historic   preservation, to an officer of  the  regional  park  police  having  law   enforcement  responsibilities on such lands, or to any police officer of   a city, town or village located in the county of such accident within 24   hours thereafter.2. The officer shall investigate and, if he finds the deer,  moose  or   bear  has  been killed or so injured as to require that it be killed and   the damage has been done as alleged, he shall  issue  a  permit  to  the   owner  of the motor vehicle entitling such owner to possess the carcass.   Such permit shall authorize the owner of the motor vehicle  to  transfer   the carcass to a designated person.3.  Whenever  the  owner  of  such  damaged  motor vehicle declines to   possess such deer, moose or bear, the officer  may  in  his  discretion,   issue a permit to possess the carcass to any other party requesting such   possession.