Bill Text: NY S07952 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage deer and bear; extends effectiveness.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-07 - SIGNED CHAP.383 [S07952 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07952-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7952
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 13, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen. O'MARA -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
          mental Conservation) -- 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
          extending the authority of the department of  environmental  conserva-
          tion  to manage deer and bear; and to amend chapter 600 of the laws of
          1993, amending the environmental  conservation  law  relating  to  the
          management of deer, in relation to the effectiveness of such chapter
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 13 of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, amending the
     2  environmental conservation law relating to the management  of  deer,  as
     3  amended  by  chapter  209  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    § 13. This act shall take effect immediately, provided  however,  that
     6  the  amendments  made to paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 11-0907
     7  of the environmental conservation law made by section five of this  act,
     8  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  2 of section 11-0907 of the environmental
     9  conservation law made by section six of this act, paragraphs a and b  of
    10  subdivision  3  of section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law
    11  made by section seven of this act,  paragraph  b  of  subdivision  2  of
    12  section  11-0907  of  the environmental conservation law made by section
    13  six of this act, paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 11-0907 of  the
    14  environmental  conservation  law  made by section seven of this act, and
    15  subdivision 3 of section 11-0911 of the environmental  conservation  law
    16  made  by  section  eight of this act shall expire on December 31, [2018]
    17  2021.
    18    § 2. Subdivision 8, paragraph a of subdivision 9 and subdivision 10 of
    19  section 11-0903 of the environmental conservation  law,  as  amended  by
    20  chapter 209 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
    21    8.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law, rule or regulation to the
    22  contrary, the department may, until December thirty-first, two  thousand
    23  [eighteen]  twenty-one,  fix by regulation the open seasons, open areas,
    24  bag limit, manner of taking, possession  and  disposition  of  bear  and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  parts  of  bears,  and  the intentional and incidental feeding of bears.
     2  Such regulations shall implement the provisions of  this  article.  Such
     3  regulations,  as  the  department  deems  appropriate,  may  provide for
     4  special  permits  and  permit quotas. When a special permit is required,
     5  the department may fix by regulation a fee for each such permit issued.
     6    a. Until December thirty-first, two  thousand  [eighteen]  twenty-one,
     7  whenever in its opinion deer shall become numerous enough in any area to
     8  cause  substantial damage to property or overbrowsing of deer range, the
     9  department may fix by regulation special open seasons  for  taking  wild
    10  deer  of either sex. Subject to this subdivision, the department may fix
    11  the conditions of such seasons.
    12    10. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  subdivision  10  of
    13  section  11-0901  or  subdivision  2,  subdivision 3 or subdivision 8 of
    14  section 11-0907 of this title, until December thirty-first, two thousand
    15  [eighteen] twenty-one, the department is authorized to adopt regulations
    16  with respect to the manner of taking, possession, open seasons  and  bag
    17  limits  for deer. The authority to adopt such regulations is in addition
    18  to any authority contained in this section or section  11-0913  of  this
    19  title  respecting regulations fixing open seasons for deer and the issu-
    20  ance of deer management permits.
    21    § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 11-0913 of  the  environ-
    22  mental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 209 of the laws of 2015,
    23  is amended to read as follows:
    24    a. Until December thirty-first, two  thousand  [eighteen]  twenty-one,
    25  whenever  in its opinion the population of deer in any area of the state
    26  except in the northern zone is such that additional harvest of  deer  is
    27  reasonably  necessary  to  properly manage the deer herd in the state in
    28  balance with the available deer  range  and  natural  food  supply,  the
    29  department  may  provide  by  regulation for issuance of deer management
    30  permits, permitting the taking of one deer for the permit,  in  addition
    31  to  the limit of one deer that may otherwise be taken by one person in a
    32  license year.
    33    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.