Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1420
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, COLTON -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
requiring nuisance wildlife control operators to disclose that eutha-
nasia may be used to resolve a wildlife issue
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 two new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
3 6. Before a nuisance wildlife control operator undertakes any control
4 measures, such nuisance wildlife control operator shall provide, to the
5 client, in writing, a statement indicating that euthanasia may be used
6 as a method to resolve the wildlife issue.
7 7. The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
8 necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
10 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
11 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
12 effective date are authorized to be made on or before such effective
13 date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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