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S06644 Summary:

BILL NO	S06644
SAME AS	SAME AS A08934
SPONSOR	LATIMER
COSPNSR	SERRANO
MLTSPNSR
Add S11-0541, En Con L
Relates to regulating the removal of turkeys and geese from a locality; requires the DEC to limit the number of permits authorizing the removal of turkeys and geese and requires the department to provide information related to humane alternatives to execution of such birds; prohibits the department from donating turkeys or geese for human consumption.

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S06644 Actions:

BILL NO	S06644
02/21/2014	REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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S06644 Memo:

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S06644 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6644
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 21, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- 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 regu-
          lating the removal of turkeys and geese from a locality
 
          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 11-0541 to read as follows:
     3  § 11-0541. Turkeys and geese.
     4    1. Prior to authorizing the removal of turkeys or geese from a locali-
     5  ty, the department shall hold a public hearing thereon in a place deter-
     6  mined by the department in the locality  affected.  At  least  ten  days
     7  before  the  hearing,  notice thereof shall be advertised in a newspaper
     8  published in each county affected. The notice shall state the subject of
     9  the hearing and the proposed disposition of the turkeys or geese.
    10    2. The department shall strictly limit the number of permits authoriz-
    11  ing the removal of turkeys or geese  from  a  locality.  The  department

    12  shall  provide  information offering humane alternatives to execution to
    13  all applicants seeking permits to remove turkeys or geese from a locali-
    14  ty.
    15    3. The department shall not donate turkeys or geese  to  be  used  for
    16  human consumption.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13661-01-4

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