STATE OF NEW YORK
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6853--A
Cal. No. 313
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
August 16, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --
recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accord-
ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to wild-
life damage management
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 11-0521 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as added by chapter 664 of the laws of 1972 and as
3 renumbered by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 3. The department may, by permit issued to an employee of any state,
6 federal or local government agency acting in their official capacity or
7 to any person acting pursuant to a permit issued by the department under
8 this section, exempt such employee or person from prohibitions contained
9 in subdivision one of this section, subdivision three and eight of
10 section 11-0505, subdivision two of section 11-0901 and subdivisions
11 two, four and five of section 11-0931 of this article only to the extent
12 that such exemption or exemptions are expressly provided for in such
13 permit.
14 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring or obligat-
15 ing the department to issue a permit to take wildlife or to direct the
16 taking of any wildlife when in its opinion the nuisance, destruction of
17 property or threat to public health and welfare will not be effectively
18 abated thereby.
19 § 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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