Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 07, 2024 |
signed chap.65 delivered to governor |
Feb 05, 2024 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.293 substituted for a8526 |
Feb 05, 2024 |
substituted by s8015 |
Feb 01, 2024 |
advanced to third reading cal.293 |
Jan 30, 2024 |
reported |
Jan 05, 2024 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A8526
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HUNTER
Current Bill Status Via S8015 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Chris Burdick
2023-A8526 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8015
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§11-0522, 11-0505, 11-0901 & 11-0931, En Con L; amd §5, Chap of 2023 (as proposed in S.2630 & A.783)
2023-A8526 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to establishing an urban deer management pilot program; authorizes the department of environmental conservation, after a review of the site-specific deer management plan, and upon a finding that deer have become a nuisance, destructive to public or private property or a threat to public health or welfare, to issue a deer cull permit.
2023-A8526 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8526 I N A S S E M B L Y January 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the environmental conservation law relating to an urban deer management pilot program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2630 and A. 783, in relation to an urban deer manage- ment pilot program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 11-0522 of the environ- mental conservation law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the environmental conservation law relating to an urban deer management pilot program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2630 and A. 783, are amended to read as follows: 1. For the purposes of this section, "[certified] nuisance wildlife specialist" shall mean an employee of or a contractor for the federal or state government responsible for wildlife management [and] acting pursu- ant to a deer management plan[, who has been certified by the department as complying] AND DEER CULL PERMIT. A NUISANCE WILDLIFE SPECIALIST MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE with [the] criteria established by the department that at a minimum SHALL require: a. a minimum level of marksmanship [certification] QUALIFICATIONS appropriate to the firearm or hunting implement to be used[, including ongoing certification]; b. liability insurance coverage [levels] or other financial arrange- ments [approved] IDENTIFIED by the department; [and] c. A COPY OF THE CULL PERMIT AND A COPY OF THE LOG OF NUISANCE WILD- LIFE SPECIALISTS USING THE PERMIT, BE ON THE NUISANCE WILDLIFE SPECIAL- IST'S PERSON WHEN EXERCISING ANY PRIVILEGE OF SUCH PERMIT; AND D. reporting requirements. 2. The department may, after reviewing the city of Syracuse's CULL PERMIT APPLICATION AND site-specific deer management plan, and upon a finding by the city of Syracuse that deer have become a nuisance, destructive to public or private property or a threat to public health EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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