A08295 Summary:
BILL NO | A08295A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S07927-A |
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SPONSOR | Carroll |
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COSPNSR | Colton, Reyes, Bichotte Hermelyn, Weprin, Seawright, Simone, Epstein, Burdick, Steck, Davila, Rosenthal L, Shimsky, Mamdani, Bores, Levenberg, Thiele |
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Add §11-0541, En Con L | |
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Protects wolves by requiring animals which could be wolves be submitted for a DNA test and, when determined to be wolves, requiring the department take action to protect wolves from being taken in the future. |
A08295 Actions:
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11/27/2023 | referred to environmental conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | referred to environmental conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/15/2024 | amend and recommit to environmental conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/15/2024 | print number 8295a |
A08295 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8295--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, COLTON, REYES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, WEPRIN, SEAWRIGHT, SIMONE, EPSTEIN, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to protecting wolves The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 11-0541 to read as follows: 3 § 11-0541. Protection of wolves. 4 1. All wild canids taken in the state shall be checked and tagged in a 5 manner to be determined by the department. For purposes of this section, 6 "wild canids" shall mean coyotes, including canids that when taken were 7 thought to be coyotes but which subsequent DNA analysis revealed to be 8 wolves. 9 2. Wild canids that are taken that have a weight greater than fifty 10 pounds or that meet additional criteria established by the department 11 shall be subjected to a DNA analysis, paid for by the department, to 12 determine the genetic composition of the animal. Such analysis shall be 13 conducted by a reputable laboratory that has prior experience genotyping 14 hybridized Canis populations in the eastern United States. The results 15 of any analysis performed shall promptly be provided to the public by 16 posting on the department's website. 17 3. In the event that the department determines, based on DNA analysis 18 or other scientific method, that a wild canid taken or found in the 19 state is a wolf, the department shall: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13643-02-4A. 8295--A 2 1 (a) determine the location where the wolf was taken or found and 2 determine, based on field research, whether there may be additional 3 wolves in the vicinity; 4 (b) impose a moratorium on the taking of wild canids, in a specific 5 area of the state, for as long as the department determines is necessary 6 to protect any wolves in the occupied wolf territory and any potential 7 adjacent territories; and 8 (c) inform the public of the moratorium through posting of written 9 notices in the moratorium area and on the department's website. 10 4. No later than January first three years after the effective date of 11 this section, and every six years thereafter, the department shall 12 submit to the legislature a report on the status of wolves in the state, 13 based on data collected by or submitted to the department and such other 14 methods as determined appropriate by the department. The status report 15 shall be simultaneously posted on the department's website. 16 5. The department shall modify its hunting and trapping training 17 curriculum to include educational information concerning the presence of 18 wolves in the state, the legal protections for wolves, the checking and 19 tagging requirements for wild canids, and how to distinguish a wolf from 20 a coyote when a hunter or trapper is in the field. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.