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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 19, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LUPARDO,  ENGLEBRIGHT  -- (at request of the
  Department of Environmental Conservation) -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  extending  the  authority of the department of environmental conserva-
  tion to manage deer and bear and to amend chapter 600 of the  laws  of
  1993,  amending  the  environmental  conservation  law relating to the
  management of bear, in relation to the effectiveness of such chapter

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 13 of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, amending the
environmental  conservation  law  relating to the management of deer, as
amended by chapter 437 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S  13.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided however, that
the amendments made to paragraph c of subdivision 1 of  section  11-0907
of  the environmental conservation law made by section five of this act,
paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section  11-0907  of  the  environmental
conservation  law made by section six of this act, paragraphs a and b of
subdivision 3 of section 11-0907 of the environmental  conservation  law
made  by  section  seven  of  this  act, paragraph b of subdivision 2 of
section 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law  made  by  section
six  of this act, paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 11-0907 of the
environmental conservation law made by section seven of  this  act,  and
subdivision  3  of section 11-0911 of the environmental conservation law
made by section eight of this act shall expire on [October  1]  DECEMBER
31, [2015] 2018.
  S 2. Subdivisions 8 and 10 and paragraph a of subdivision 9 of section
11-0903 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 437
of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  8.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary,  the  department   may,   until   [October   first]   DECEMBER
THIRTY-FIRST,  two  thousand  [fifteen]  EIGHTEEN, fix by regulation the
open seasons, open areas, bag limit, manner of  taking,  possession  and
disposition  of  bear  and parts of bears, and the intentional and inci-
dental feeding of bears. Such regulations shall implement the provisions
of this article. Such regulations, as the department deems  appropriate,
may provide for special permits and permit quotas. When a special permit
is  required,  the  department may fix by regulation a fee for each such
permit issued.
  a. Until [October first] DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, two thousand [fifteen]
EIGHTEEN, whenever in its opinion deer shall become numerous  enough  in
any area to cause substantial damage to property or overbrowsing of deer
range,  the  department  may  fix by regulation special open seasons for
taking wild deer of either  sex.    Subject  to  this  subdivision,  the
department may fix the conditions of such seasons.
  10.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of subdivision 10 of
section 11-0901 or subdivision 2, subdivision  3  or  subdivision  8  of
section   11-0907   of   this  title,  until  [October  first]  DECEMBER
THIRTY-FIRST, two thousand [fifteen] EIGHTEEN, the department is author-
ized to  adopt  regulations  with  respect  to  the  manner  of  taking,
possession, open seasons and bag limits for deer. The authority to adopt
such  regulations  is  in  addition  to  any authority contained in this
section or section 11-0913 of this title respecting  regulations  fixing
open seasons for deer and the issuance of deer management permits.
  S  3.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 11-0913 of the environ-
mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 437 of the laws of  2011,
is amended to read as follows:
  a. Until [October first] DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, two thousand [fifteen]
EIGHTEEN,  whenever in its opinion the population of deer in any area of
the state except in the northern zone is such that additional harvest of
deer is reasonably necessary to properly manage the  deer  herd  in  the
state  in balance with the available deer range and natural food supply,
the department may provide by regulation for issuance of deer management
permits, permitting the taking of one deer for the permit,  in  addition
to  the limit of one deer that may otherwise be taken by one person in a
license year.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.