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A05967 Summary:

BILL NOA05967
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORFitzpatrick
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §130, Town L
 
Authorizes the town of Smithtown, in the county of Suffolk to make ordinances prohibiting the discharge of longbows and crossbows in areas in which such activity may be hazardous to the general public or nearby residents.
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A05967 Actions:

BILL NOA05967
 
02/25/2025referred to environmental conservation
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A05967 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A5967
 
SPONSOR: Fitzpatrick
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the town law, in relation to authorizing the town of Smithtown to make ordinances regarding longbows and crossbows   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To give the Town of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk the ability to set their own local ordinance regarding longbows and crossbows.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends town law Section 130 to add new subdivisions 30 and 31. Section 2 is the effective date.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):   JUSTIFICATION: The town has had a problem with longbows and crossbows being used too close to residential properties. This bill will simply give the local municipality the ability to set an ordinance that they feel is best for their town.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2024: A.7236 - Referred to Environmental Conservation S.6324 - Referred to Local Governments   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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A05967 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5967
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 25, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to  authorizing  the  town  of
          Smithtown to make ordinances regarding longbows and crossbows
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 130 of the town law is amended by  adding  two  new
     2  subdivisions 30 and 31 to read as follows:
     3    30.  Longbows.  In  the  town  of  Smithtown, in the county of Suffolk
     4  prohibiting the discharge of longbows in areas in  which  such  activity
     5  may  be hazardous to the general public or nearby residents, and provid-
     6  ing for the posting of such areas with signs giving notice of such regu-
     7  lations, which ordinances, rules and regulations may be  more,  but  not
     8  less,  restrictive than any other provision of law. Thirty days prior to
     9  the adoption of any ordinance changing the one hundred fifty  foot  rule
    10  established  pursuant  to section 11-0931 of the environmental conserva-
    11  tion law, notice must be sent to the regional  supervisor  of  fish  and
    12  game  of  the  department of environmental conservation, notifying  such
    13  regional supervisor of such intention.
    14    31. Crossbows. In the town of Smithtown,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk
    15  prohibiting  the  discharge of crossbows in areas in which such activity
    16  may be hazardous to the general public or nearby residents, and  provid-
    17  ing for the posting of such areas with signs giving notice of such regu-
    18  lations,  which  ordinances,  rules and regulations may be more, but not
    19  less, restrictive than any other provision of law.  Thirty days prior to
    20  the adoption of any ordinance changing the two hundred fifty  foot  rule
    21  established  pursuant  to section 11-0931 of the environmental conserva-
    22  tion law, notice must be sent to the regional  supervisor  of  fish  and
    23  game  of  the  department  of environmental conservation, notifying such
    24  regional supervisor of such intention.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    26  have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09003-01-5
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