Relates to protecting wildlife and maintaining safety; necessitates written notification before a nuisance wildlife control operator undertakes any control measures.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8329--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 18, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
protecting wildlife while maintaining public safety
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 11-0524 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding four new subdivisions 6, 7, 8 and 9 to read as
3 follows:
4 6. If an animal is killed, it shall be done in a manner that avoids
5 unnecessary suffering for the animal while protecting public safety.
6 7. Before a nuisance wildlife control operator undertakes any control
7 measures, a nuisance wildlife control operator shall provide, to the
8 client, in writing, the following: (a) an assessment of the problem,
9 including identification of possible causes of the problem; (b) the
10 methods and practices that may be used to resolve the problem; and (c)
11 an estimate of the fee to be charged.
12 8. The department shall keep a record, for no less than five years, of
13 any written or oral complaints received by the department against a
14 nuisance wildlife control operator and shall document action taken by
15 the department in response to the complaint.
16 9. The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
17 necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the three hundred sixty-fifth day
19 after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,
20 amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the
21 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be
22 made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11724-05-4
