Bill Text: NY S01455 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01455 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01455-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1455

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 12, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- 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 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:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  11-0524 of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as added by chapter  265  of  the  laws  of  2002,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    5.  Any person licensed pursuant to this section shall submit annually
     5  a report to the  department  which  specifies  each  client's  name  and
     6  address, the date work was performed, the species controlled, the abate-
     7  ment  method used, the disposition of the animal, and if a lethal method
     8  was used to capture or dispose of such animal, the  lethal  method  used
     9  and  the  reason  why  a  non-lethal  method was not used, and any other
    10  information as required by the department. The department shall annually
    11  update a list of nuisance wildlife  control  operators  and  enforcement
    12  actions  taken  by  the department against any nuisance wildlife control
    13  operator for violations of the law and applicable regulations  and  make
    14  it available to the public in both printed and electronic formats.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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