Bill Text: NY S04057 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to cull permits authorizing the taking of certain wildlife by certified nuisance wildlife specialists.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - PRINT NUMBER 4057A [S04057 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S04057-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4057--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 26, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ANTONACCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to cull permits authorizing the taking of certain wildlife by certified nuisance wildlife specialists The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 11-0522 to read as follows: 3 § 11-0522. Cull permits authorizing the taking of certain wildlife by 4 certified nuisance wildlife specialists. 5 1. For the purposes of this section, "certified nuisance wildlife 6 specialist" shall mean an employee of the federal or state government or 7 any city, town, village or county, public or private college or univer- 8 sity, or an airport as defined in subdivision five of section two 9 hundred forty of the general business law, responsible for wildlife 10 management, or an individual acting pursuant to a wildlife management 11 plan, who meets the criteria established by the department, that at a 12 minimum require: 13 a. a minimum level of marksmanship certification, including ongoing 14 certification; and 15 b. liability insurance coverage levels or other financial arrangements 16 approved by the department. 17 2. The department may, after reviewing the wildlife management plan, 18 and upon a finding that wildlife has become a nuisance, destructive to 19 public or private property or a threat to public health, safety or 20 welfare, issue a cull permit to any person authorizing use of a certi- 21 fied nuisance wildlife specialist to take wildlife. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04962-03-9S. 4057--A 2 1 3. Notwithstanding subdivisions three and eight of section 11-0505 and 2 subdivision one of 11-0521 of this title, paragraph a of subdivision one 3 and subdivisions two, four and five of section 11-0931 of this article, 4 such cull permit authorizing the taking of wildlife by a certified 5 nuisance wildlife specialist shall, at minimum, specify: 6 a. the timeframe during which the permit must be used; 7 b. the geographical description of the area for which the permit is 8 authorized; 9 c. the species authorized to be taken; 10 d. the methods of taking wildlife permitted to be used; and 11 e. reporting requirements. 12 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring or obligat- 13 ing the department to issue a permit to take wildlife or direct the 14 taking of any wildlife when in its opinion, the nuisance, destruction of 15 property or threat to public health, safety or welfare will not be 16 effectively abated thereby. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or 19 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 20 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 21 on or before such effective date.
