STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 238 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT establishing a moratorium on the prohibition of feeding white- tailed deer in Sullivan county The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding section 11-0325 of the environmental 2 conservation law, or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, 3 in Sullivan county, a moratorium is imposed on the prohibition of feed- 4 ing white-tailed deer. The moratorium shall continue in existence until 5 January 1, 2024, or until the legislature determines, through legisla- 6 tive action, that the white-tailed deer population in Sullivan county 7 has increased in such an amount as to warrant the removal of such mora- 8 torium prior to January 1, 2024. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02598-01-7