assembly Bill A10786

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to methods used to capture or dispose of nuisance wildlife

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May 18, 2018 referred to environmental conservation

A10786 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0524, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1301
2021-2022: A3283

A10786 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that if lethal methods are used to capture or dispose of nuisance wildlife, the lethal method used and the reason why a non-lethal method was not used shall be submitted in an annual report; requires that a list of enforcement actions taken against any nuisance wildlife control operator for violations of the law and applicable regulations be annually updated.

A10786 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10786

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 18, 2018
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to meth-
  ods used to capture or dispose of nuisance wildlife

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  11-0524 of the environmental
conservation law, as added by chapter  265  of  the  laws  of  2002,  is
amended to read as follows:
  5.  Any person licensed pursuant to this section shall submit annually
a report to the  department  which  specifies  each  client's  name  and
address, the date work was performed, the species controlled, the abate-
ment  method used, the disposition of the animal, AND IF A LETHAL METHOD
WAS USED TO CAPTURE OR DISPOSE OF SUCH ANIMAL, THE  LETHAL  METHOD  USED
AND  THE  REASON  WHY  A  NON-LETHAL  METHOD WAS NOT USED, and any other
information as required by the department. The department shall annually
update a list of nuisance wildlife  control  operators  AND  ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS  TAKEN  BY  THE DEPARTMENT AGAINST ANY NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL
OPERATOR FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW AND APPLICABLE REGULATIONS  and  make
it available to the public in both printed and electronic formats.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15370-01-8