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N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-0531: Bounties prohibited

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Environmental Conservation Law
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 Propagation Purposes; Destructive Wildlife; Rabies Control; Guides; Endangered Species

§ 11-0531. Bounties prohibited.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or any other law,

rule or regulation to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for any

department or division of this state, or any political subdivision

thereof to pay bounties on the taking of wildlife, except when the state

Department of Health, or any local health authorities, determine that a

given type or class of animals constitute a health hazard as carriers or

potential carriers of disease.

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