Assembly Bill A3283

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to methods used to capture or dispose of nuisance wildlife

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

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2021-A3283 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1484
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0524, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10786
2019-2020: A1301, S5973
2023-2024: A1226, S1455

2021-A3283 (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.

2021-A3283 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3283
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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.
                                                            LBD00793-01-1



              

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