Bill Text: NY S06589 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 6589 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to any adoption by the department of environmental conservation of a management plan concerning mute swans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8790A [S06589 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06589-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6589--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 10, 2014
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       Introduced by Sens. AVELLA, CARLUCCI, HOYLMAN, SERRANO -- 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  establishing  a  moratorium  on the department of environmental
         conservation's plan to  declare  mute  swans  a  "prohibited  invasive
         species"; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
         tion thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Prior to the adoption of any management plan for mute swans
    2  (cygnus olor), a bird species for which the Atlantic flyway council  has
    3  issued  a draft management plan, the department of environmental conser-
    4  vation shall, after the effective date of this act, at a  minimum,  hold
    5  not  less  than two public hearings in areas with mute swan populations,
    6  following adequate public notice, and, after the  last  of  such  public
    7  hearings,  include  a  public comment period of not less than forty-five
    8  days. Any such management plan shall at a minimum:
    9    (a) give priority to non-lethal management techniques;
   10    (b) fully document the scientific basis for future population  projec-
   11  tions;
   12    (c)  fully  document  the  scientific  basis for current and projected
   13  environmental damage;
   14    (d) include a public education component; and
   15    (e) include responses to all substantive public comments.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
   17  deemed repealed two years after such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13863-05-4