STATE OF NEW YORK
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8696
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 5, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to direct the department of environmental conservation to study
the impact of lead ammunition on New York wildlife
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. The department of environmental conservation shall
2 conduct a study on the impact of lead ammunition on New York wildlife
3 and make recommendations on how to mitigate harms, if any, identified by
4 such study. Such department shall solicit the input and cooperation of
5 researchers and stakeholders it deems relevant when designing such study
6 and in determining how to implement such recommendations. The scope of
7 such study shall include, but not be limited to:
8 a. the impact on the overall health of New York wildlife from lead
9 fragments;
10 b. an isotopic analysis of lead samples found in wildlife to determine
11 the source of such lead samples;
12 c. an examination of the direct and indirect impact of lead poisoning
13 on population growth and decline of New York wildlife with a focus on
14 such wildlife that is subject to conservation efforts;
15 d. which geographic regions of the state are particularly affected by
16 lead poisoning; and
17 e. which species of wildlife are particularly affected by lead poison-
18 ing.
19 2. Such department shall issue a report containing the findings of the
20 study to the legislature no later than eighteen months succeeding the
21 date on which this act shall have become a law.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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