New York S 9345: Prohibits the hunting of wild deer on certain state lands adjacent to a licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9345
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 18, 2022
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- 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  the
          prohibition of hunting wild deer on state lands adjacent to a licensed
          wildlife rehabilitation facility
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 11-0901 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
     3    17.  Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provision of this section, deer
     4  shall not be taken in the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk on  any
     5  state  lands  directly  adjacent  to  property of the county of Suffolk,
     6  where said county has permitted said property to be  used  for  wildlife
     7  rehabilitation  purposes, by a wildlife rehabilitator, licensed pursuant
     8  to section 11-0515 of this article.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in  (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
                              [] is old law to be omitted. 
                                                                   LBD15296-01-1