NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10112
SPONSOR: Hunter TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 683 of the laws of 2023 amending the environ-
mental conservation law relating to an urban deer management pilot
program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE::
This bill would extend the urban deer management pilot program due to
the effectiveness thereof.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section 1: extends the pilot program to six years.
Section 2: establishes the effective date immediately.
JUSTIFICATION::
Extends activities for deer culling that have provided safe, humane, and
effective means of minimizing risks to human health and safety posed by
deer. These practices have mitigated deer related vehicle accidents and
reduced deer populations in localized areas in ways that are considerate
of environmental, human, ecological health and property.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
2022-2023: A8526
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10112
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend chapter 683 of the laws of 2023 amending the environ-
mental conservation law relating to an urban deer management pilot
program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 683 of the laws of 2023 amending the
2 environmental conservation law relating to an urban deer management
3 pilot program, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 6. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
5 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall expire and be
6 deemed repealed [three] six years after such date.
7 § 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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