New York S 10179: Establishes a counties of Nassau and Suffolk deer management pilot program; repealer

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S10179 Summary:

BILL NOS10179 

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SPONSORMARTINS

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Add §11-0522-b, amd §§11-0505, 11-0901 & 11-0931, rpld §11-0505 sub 10, En Con L

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Establishes a counties of Nassau and Suffolk deer management pilot program; allows for a local opt-in to such pilot program for municipalities located within either county; requires reporting; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS10179 

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05/04/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10179

 IN SENATE

 May 4, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- 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
 establishing a counties of Nassau and Suffolk deer management pilot
 program; to repeal subdivision 10 of section 11-0505 of the environ-
 mental conservation law relating thereto; and providing for the repeal
 of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

 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 11-0522-b to read as follows:
 3 § 11-0522-b. Counties of Nassau and Suffolk deer management pilot
 4 program.
 5 1. For the purposes of this section, "nuisance wildlife specialist"
 6 shall mean an employee of or a contractor for the federal or state
 7 government responsible for wildlife management acting pursuant to a deer
 8 management plan and deer cull permit. A nuisance wildlife specialist
 9 must be in compliance with criteria established by the department that
 10 at a minimum shall require:
 11 a. a minimum level of marksmanship qualifications appropriate to the
 12 firearm or hunting implement to be used;
 13 b. liability insurance coverage or other financial arrangements iden-
 14 tified by the department;
 15 c. a copy of the cull permit and a copy of the log of nuisance wild-
 16 life specialists using the permit, be on the nuisance wildlife special-
 17 ist's person when exercising any privilege of such permit; and
 18 d. reporting requirements.
 19 2. The department may, after reviewing a cull permit application and
 20 site-specific deer management plan from the county of Nassau, the county
 21 of Suffolk or any municipality within such counties which has opted into
 22 the program pursuant to subdivision three of this section, and upon a
 23 finding by the county of Nassau, county of Suffolk or municipality ther-
 24 ein that deer have become a nuisance, destructive to public or private
 25 property or a threat to public health or welfare, issue a deer cull

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15449-01-6

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 1 permit for use within the boundaries of the county of Nassau, county of
 2 Suffolk or applicable municipality, authorizing use of a nuisance wild-
 3 life specialist to take deer pursuant to the terms of the deer cull
 4 permit.
 5 3. a. Any town, city, or village located within the county of Nassau
 6 or the county of Suffolk may elect to participate in the pilot program
 7 established by this section by adoption of a local law or resolution.
 8 Such municipality may:
 9 (i) submit a cull permit application directly to the department; or
 10 (ii) authorize the county within which it is located to include such
 11 municipality within a county-wide application.
 12 b. No deer cull activities shall occur within a municipality unless
 13 such municipality has affirmatively opted into the program.
 14 4. Each cull permit application shall at a minimum include require-
 15 ments for: the timeframe during which the permit must be used, a site-
 16 specific deer management plan, a geographic description of the area for
 17 which the permit is being requested, a written contract with the county
 18 of Nassau, county of Suffolk or the municipality that applied for such
 19 permit, a lis