New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01109 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/09/2025

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1109 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- 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 unmanned aerial vehicles in the course of hunt- ing The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 11-0103 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 33 to read as follows: 3 33. "Unmanned aerial vehicle" means any aircraft that is operated 4 without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on 5 the aircraft. 6 § 2. Section 11-0901 of the environmental conservation law is amended 7 by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 8 2-a. No person shall hunt or take wildlife with the aid of an unmanned 9 aerial vehicle. 10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03847-01-5