Relates to including the Asian longhorned tick and lone star tick on the invasive species list, and include them in the comprehensive plan for invasive species management.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7606
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 1, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
including the Asian longhorned tick and the lone star tick on the
invasive species list
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 9-1713 to read as follows:
3 § 9-1713. Asian longhorned tick and lone star tick.
4 The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the depart-
5 ment of agriculture and markets, shall add the Asian longhorned tick and
6 the lone star tick to the state invasive species list and include the
7 Asian longhorned tick and the lone star tick in the comprehensive plan
8 for invasive species management pursuant to section 9-1705 of this
9 title, and wherever practical, prohibit and actively eliminate or other-
10 wise control the invasive species the Asian longhorned tick and the lone
11 star tick at project sites funded or regulated by the state in collab-
12 oration with the council, aid in the review and reform of relevant regu-
13 latory processes to remove unnecessary impediments to the restoration of
14 invaded ecosystems, and include information on the Asian longhorned tick
15 and the lone star tick on statewide databases and clearinghouses that
16 incorporate existing data from agencies and organizations in the state,
17 as well as from nearby states, provinces, Canada, and the federal
18 government.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
20 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
21 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
22 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
23 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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