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                                   7047
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 26, 2021
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 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
   extending  the  authority of the department of environmental conserva-
   tion to manage deer and bear; and to amend chapter 600 of the laws  of
   1993,  amending  the  environmental  conservation  law relating to the
   management of deer, in relation to the effectiveness of such chapter
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13 of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, amending the
 environmental  conservation  law  relating to the management of deer, as
 amended by chapter 383 of the laws  of  2018,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  13.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided however, that
 the amendments made to paragraph c of subdivision 1 of  section  11-0907
 of  the environmental conservation law made by section five of this act,
 paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section  11-0907  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law made by section six of this act, paragraphs a and b of
 subdivision 3 of section 11-0907 of the environmental  conservation  law
 made  by  section  seven  of  this  act, paragraph b of subdivision 2 of
 section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law  made  by  section
 six  of this act, paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 11-0907 of the
 environmental conservation law made by section seven of  this  act,  and
 subdivision  3  of section 11-0911 of the environmental conservation law
 made by section eight of this act shall expire on  December  31,  [2021]
 2024.
   § 2. Subdivision 8, paragraph a of subdivision 9 and subdivision 10 of
 section  11-0903  of  the  environmental conservation law, as amended by
 chapter 383 of the laws of 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   8. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule  or  regulation  to  the
 contrary,  the department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 [twenty-one] TWENTY-FOUR, fix  by  regulation  the  open  seasons,  open
 areas,  bag  limit, manner of taking, possession and disposition of bear
 and parts of bears, and the intentional and incidental feeding of bears.
 Such  regulations  shall  implement the provisions of this article. Such
 regulations, as  the  department  deems  appropriate,  may  provide  for
 special  permits  and  permit quotas. When a special permit is required,
 the department may fix by regulation a fee for each such permit issued.
   a. Until December thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-FOUR,
 whenever in its opinion deer shall become numerous enough in any area to
 cause substantial damage to property or overbrowsing of deer range,  the
 department  may  fix  by regulation special open seasons for taking wild
 deer of either sex. Subject to this subdivision, the department may  fix
 the conditions of such seasons.
   10.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of subdivision 10 of
 section 11-0901 or subdivision 2, subdivision  3  or  subdivision  8  of
 section 11-0907 of this title, until December thirty-first, two thousand
 [twenty-one]  TWENTY-FOUR,  the  department is authorized to adopt regu-
 lations with respect to the manner of taking, possession,  open  seasons
 and  bag  limits for deer. The authority to adopt such regulations is in
 addition to any authority contained in this section or  section  11-0913
 of  this  title  respecting regulations fixing open seasons for deer and
 the issuance of deer management permits.
   § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 11-0913 of  the  environ-
 mental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 383 of the laws of 2018,
 is amended to read as follows:
   a. Until December thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-FOUR,
 whenever in its opinion the population of deer in any area of the  state
 except  in  the northern zone is such that additional harvest of deer is
 reasonably necessary to properly manage the deer herd in  the  state  in
 balance  with  the  available  deer  range  and natural food supply, the
 department may provide by regulation for  issuance  of  deer  management
 permits,  permitting  the taking of one deer for the permit, in addition
 to the limit of one deer that may otherwise be taken by one person in  a
 license year.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.