Assembly Bill A9945

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A9945 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8431
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0524, En Con L

2023-A9945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem.

2023-A9945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9945
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- 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:
 
   Section  1.  Section  11-0524 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding two new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
   6. BEFORE A NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL OPERATOR UNDERTAKES ANY  CONTROL
 MEASURES,  SUCH NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE, TO THE
 CLIENT, IN WRITING, A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT EUTHANASIA MAY  BE  USED
 AS A METHOD TO RESOLVE THE WILDLIFE ISSUE.
   7.  THE  DEPARTMENT  IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made on  or  before  such  effective
 date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13711-01-3



              

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