Bill Text: NY S08571 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of environmental conservation to report on coyote management techniques in urban and suburban areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-10 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S08571 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08571-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8571
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 10, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to require the department of environmental conservation to report
          on coyote management techniques in urban and suburban areas
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.    The  department of environmental conservation shall, no
     2  later than January 1, 2019, prepare a report to the legislature  regard-
     3  ing  coyote  management  techniques  in  urban and suburban areas of the
     4  state. Such report, which shall be based on the best available scientif-
     5  ic information, shall include:
     6    (i) management measures currently taken by the department to  minimize
     7  conflict between humans and coyotes;
     8    (ii)  review  of  effective  management  measures being taken in other
     9  states;
    10    (iii) methods to enhance public engagement in and awareness of  coyote
    11  management issues;
    12    (iv)  identification and evaluation of urban and suburban areas of the
    13  state with high concentrations of coyote populations;
    14    (v) methods currently implemented to minimize  dangerous  interactions
    15  between  humans and coyotes and recommendations for improvements to such
    16  methods, if applicable;
    17    (vi) the basis for the department's current coyote population  manage-
    18  ment levels; and
    19    (vii)  an evaluation of coyote control methods that may be employed to
    20  reduce coyote populations, which may include, but need not be limited to
    21  capture and euthanization, capture and removal, and fertility control.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13322-02-7