Establishes that if lethal methods are used to capture or dispose of nuisance wildlife, the lethal method used and the reason why a non-lethal method was not used shall be submitted in an annual report; requires that a list of enforcement actions taken against any nuisance wildlife control operator for violations of the law and applicable regulations be annually updated.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5973
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 16, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to meth-
ods used to capture or dispose of nuisance wildlife
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 11-0524 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as added by chapter 265 of the laws of 2002, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 5. Any person licensed pursuant to this section shall submit annually
5 a report to the department which specifies each client's name and
6 address, the date work was performed, the species controlled, the abate-
7 ment method used, the disposition of the animal, and if a lethal method
8 was used to capture or dispose of such animal, the lethal method used
9 and the reason why a non-lethal method was not used, and any other
10 information as required by the department. The department shall annually
11 update a list of nuisance wildlife control operators and enforcement
12 actions taken by the department against any nuisance wildlife control
13 operator for violations of the law and applicable regulations and make
14 it available to the public in both printed and electronic formats.
15 § 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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