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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8790--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 14, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, SKOUFIS,
          BROOK-KRASNY,  LAVINE,  LIFTON, CURRAN, GRAF, RAIA, SALADINO -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M.  of A. GARBARINO, McKEVITT, MOSLEY,  WEISENBERG  --
          read  once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee
 

        AN  ACT  establishing  a  moratorium  on the department of environmental
          conservation's plan to  declare  mute  swans  a  "prohibited  invasive
          species"; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
          tion thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Prior to the adoption of any management plan for mute swans
     2  (cygnus olor), a bird species for which the Atlantic flyway council  has
     3  issued  a draft management plan, the department of environmental conser-
     4  vation shall, after the effective date of this act, at a  minimum,  hold
     5  not  less  than two public hearings in areas with mute swan populations,
     6  following adequate public notice, and, after the  last  of  such  public
     7  hearings,  include  a  public comment period of not less than forty-five

     8  days. Any such management plan shall at a minimum:
     9    (a) give priority to non-lethal management techniques;
    10    (b) fully document the scientific basis for future population  projec-
    11  tions;
    12    (c)  fully  document  the  scientific  basis for current and projected
    13  environmental damage;
    14    (d) include a public education component; and
    15    (e) include responses to all substantive public comments.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    17  deemed repealed two years after such effective date.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13863-04-4