Senate Bill S5849

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to wildlife damage management, authorizing cull permits to certified nuisance wildlife specialists

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A1599 - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S5849 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1599
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §11-0522, amd §§11-0505, 11-0901 & 11-0931, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A8646

2019-S5849 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to authorizing cull permits to certified nuisance wildlife specialists; authorizes the department of environmental conservation, after a review of the site-specific wildlife management plan, and upon a finding that wildlife has become a nuisance, destructive to public or private property or a threat to public health or welfare, to issue a certified nuisance wildlife specialist a cull permit; defines terms.

2019-S5849 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5849 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5849
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to wild-
   life damage management
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 11-0522 to read as follows:
 § 11-0522. CULL PERMITS TO CERTIFIED NUISANCE WILDLIFE SPECIALISTS.
   1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  "CERTIFIED  NUISANCE  WILDLIFE
 SPECIALIST"  SHALL  MEAN  AN  EMPLOYEE OF A LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY, OR AN
 EMPLOYEE OF OR A CONTRACTOR FOR THE FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT  OR  ANY
 CITY,  TOWN,  VILLAGE OR COUNTY, RESPONSIBLE FOR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND
 ACTING PURSUANT TO A WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN,  WHO  COMPLIES  WITH  THE
 CRITERIA  ESTABLISHED  BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN RULES AND REGULATIONS, THAT
 AT A MINIMUM REQUIRE:
   A. A MINIMUM LEVEL OF MARKSMANSHIP  CERTIFICATION,  INCLUDING  ONGOING
 CERTIFICATION;
   B. LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE LEVELS OR OTHER FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS
 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND
   C. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY,  AFTER  REVIEWING THE SITE-SPECIFIC WILDLIFE
 MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND UPON A FINDING THAT WILDLIFE HAS BECOME A NUISANCE,
 DESTRUCTIVE TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY OR A THREAT TO  PUBLIC  HEALTH
 OR WELFARE, ISSUE A CERTIFIED NUISANCE WILDLIFE SPECIALIST A CULL PERMIT
 FOR THE FOLLOWING WILDLIFE:
   A.  FOR  AREAS  AT  AN  AIRPORT, WILDLIFE SHALL MEAN WILD GAME AND ALL
 OTHER ANIMAL LIFE EXISTING IN A WILD STATE AT AN AIRPORT, AS DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS
 LAW, THAT MAY POSE A RISK TO AIRCRAFT.
   B. FOR ALL OTHER AREAS, WILDLIFE SHALL MEAN ONLY DEER AND COYOTE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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