Senate Bill S4804

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4804 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5542
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation

2023-S4804 - Summary

Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program in the town of Southold.

2023-S4804 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4804 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4804
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT directing the department of environmental conservation to  estab-
   lish a deer management pilot program in the town of Southold

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or  regu-
 lation  to the contrary, the department of environmental conservation is
 hereby authorized and directed to  establish  a  deer  management  pilot
 program  in the town of Southold. Such program may, at the discretion of
 the department of environmental conservation:
   a. set and modify deer hunting seasons and regulate  methods  of  take
 and bag limits in the town of Southold;
   b.  allow  use  of firearms to take deer during the regular season and
 eliminate acreage minimums and special  season  constraints  within  the
 town of Southold;
   c.  regulate crossbow use within the town of Southold, including when,
 where, and who is eligible to use crossbows for the taking of deer;
   d. set conditions under which hunters can receive some form of compen-
 sation for killing deer within the town of Southold;
   e. allow 12- and 13-year-old hunters to hunt deer with the supervision
 of a licensed, experienced adult within the town of Southold;
   f. allow 12- and 13-year-old hunters to hunt  using  firearms  from  a
 tree  stand  within  the  town  of Southold, provided it is a tree stand
 designed to accommodate two or more persons and  provided  further  that
 the supervising, experienced hunter is in the tree stand with the 12- or
 13-year-old;
   g.  allow the department of environmental conservation to establish or
 extend, as needed, a special January firearm season within the  town  of
 Southold;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07252-01-3
 S. 4804                             2
              

2023-S4804A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5542
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation

2023-S4804A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program in the town of Southold.

2023-S4804A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4804A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4804--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the environmental conservation law, in relation to a
   Long Island deer management  pilot  program;  and  providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 11-0522 to read as follows:
 § 11-0522. LONG ISLAND DEER MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.
   1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "CERTIFIED NUISANCE WILDLIFE
 SPECIALIST" SHALL MEAN AN EMPLOYEE OF OR A CONTRACTOR FOR THE FEDERAL OR
 STATE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND ACTING PURSUANT
 TO A DEER MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHO HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  AS
 COMPLYING  WITH  THE  CRITERIA  ESTABLISHED  BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT AT A
 MINIMUM REQUIRE:
   A. A MINIMUM LEVEL OF MARKSMANSHIP CERTIFICATION  APPROPRIATE  TO  THE
 FIREARM  OR  HUNTING  IMPLEMENT  TO  BE  USED, INCLUDING ONGOING CERTIF-
 ICATION;
   B. LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE LEVELS OR OTHER FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS
 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND
   C. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT MAY, AFTER REVIEWING THE TOWN  OF  SOUTHOLD'S  SITE-
 SPECIFIC  DEER  MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND UPON A FINDING BY THE TOWN OF SOUT-
 HOLD THAT DEER HAVE BECOME A NUISANCE, DESTRUCTIVE TO PUBLIC OR  PRIVATE
 PROPERTY  OR  A  THREAT  TO  PUBLIC HEALTH OR WELFARE, ISSUE A CERTIFIED
 NUISANCE WILDLIFE SPECIALIST A DEER CULL PERMIT FOR USE WITHIN THE BOUN-
 DARIES OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07252-05-3
 S. 4804--A                          2
              

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