Bill Text: NY S02100 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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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 5-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-11-25 - VETOED MEMO.159 [S02100 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02100-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2100--A
            Cal. No. 309
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 22, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens. MAYER, BROOKS, CARLUCCI, JACKSON -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Environmental  Conservation -- reported favorably from said committee,
          ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
          by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,
          restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
          its place in the order of third reading
        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, 2020, 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
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 2100--A                          2
     1    (vii)  an evaluation of coyote control methods that may be employed to
     2  reduce coyote populations, which may include, but need not be limited to
     3  capture and removal, and fertility control.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.