Bill Text: NY A10175 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a deer management pilot program in the town of Southold.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-04 - referred to environmental conservation [A10175 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A10175-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10175

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 4, 2022
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        Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
          J. A. Giglio) -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Environ-
          mental Conservation

        AN  ACT directing the department of environmental conservation to estab-
          lish a deer management pilot program in the town of Southold

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regu-
     2  lation  to the contrary, the department of environmental conservation is
     3  hereby authorized and directed to  establish  a  deer  management  pilot
     4  program in the town of Southold. Such program shall:
     5    a.  set  and  modify deer hunting seasons and regulate methods of take
     6  and bag limits in the town of Southold;
     7    b. allow use of firearms to take deer during the  regular  season  and
     8  eliminate  acreage  minimums  and  special season constraints within the
     9  town of Southold;
    10    c. regulate crossbow use within the town of Southold, including  when,
    11  where, and who is eligible to use crossbows for the taking of deer;
    12    d. set conditions under which hunters can receive some form of compen-
    13  sation for killing deer within the town of Southold;
    14    e. allow 12- and 13-year-old hunters to hunt deer with the supervision
    15  of a licensed, experienced adult within the town of Southold;
    16    f.  allow  12-  and  13-year-old hunters to hunt using firearms from a
    17  tree stand within the town of Southold, provided  it  is  a  tree  stand
    18  designed  to  accommodate  two or more persons and provided further that
    19  the supervising, experienced hunter is in the tree stand with the 12- or
    20  13-year-old;
    21    g. allow the department of environmental conservation to establish  or
    22  extend,  as  needed, a special January firearm season within the town of
    23  Southold;
    24    h. allow the department of environmental conservation to regulate  the
    25  standards  for  the harvesting of bucks or antlered deer within the town
    26  of Southold;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15598-02-2
        A. 10175                            2

     1    i. establish other incentives for hunters  and  landowners  to  permit
     2  public deer hunting on private land within the town of Southold;
     3    j. issue any other rules or regulations as deemed necessary within the
     4  town of Southold;
     5    k.  regulate  deer  culling  by  qualified professionals under circum-
     6  stances holding special permits, including:
     7    (i) authorizing the department of environmental conservation to  issue
     8  special  permits  for  qualified  professionals under controlled circum-
     9  stances to conduct professional culling within the town of Southold;
    10    (ii) granting the department of environmental conservation full  regu-
    11  latory  authority over the issuance of such special permits and granting
    12  the department authority to establish any rules and  regulations  neces-
    13  sary within the town of Southold, including but not limited to:
    14    (1) authorizing the use of bait within 300 feet of a road;
    15    (2) authorizing special permit holders to shoot from a vehicle;
    16    (3)  authorizing  special  permit holders to discharge firearms within
    17  500 feet of a dwelling or structure;
    18    (4) authorizing the use of firearms equipped with sound suppression;
    19    (5) authorizing the use of rifles; and
    20    (6) any other rules or regulations for such  special  permits  as  the
    21  department  of  environmental  conservation deems fit within the town of
    22  Southold.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.