New York S 588: Establishes a county of Nassau deer management pilot program; repealer

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S00588 Summary:

BILL NOS00588 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03370

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SPONSORMARTINS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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

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Establishes a county of Nassau deer management pilot program; requires a report; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS00588 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/20/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 588

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 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 county of Nassau deer management pilot program; to
 repeal subdivision 10 of section 11-0505 of the environmental conser-
 vation 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. County of Nassau deer management pilot program.
 4 1. For the purposes of this section, "nuisance wildlife specialist"
 5 shall mean an employee of or a contractor for the federal or state
 6 government responsible for wildlife management acting pursuant to a deer
 7 management plan and deer cull permit. A nuisance wildlife specialist
 8 must be in compliance with criteria established by the department that
 9 at a minimum shall require:
 10 a. a minimum level of marksmanship qualifications appropriate to the
 11 firearm or hunting implement to be used;
 12 b. liability insurance coverage or other financial arrangements iden-
 13 tified by the department;
 14 c. a copy of the cull permit and a copy of the log of nuisance wild-
 15 life specialists using the permit, be on the nuisance wildlife special-
 16 ist's person when exercising any privilege of such permit; and
 17 d. reporting requirements.
 18 2. The department may, after reviewing the county of Nassau's cull
 19 permit application and site-specific deer management plan, and upon a
 20 finding by the county of Nassau that deer have become a nuisance,
 21 destructive to public or private property or a threat to public health
 22 or welfare, issue a deer cull permit for use within the boundaries of
 23 the county of Nassau, authorizing use of a nuisance wildlife specialist
 24 to take deer pursuant to the terms of the deer cull permit.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01773-01-5

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 1 3. Each cull permit application shall at a minimum include require-
 2 ments for: the timeframe during which the permit must be used, a site-
 3 specific deer management plan, a geographic description of the area for
 4 which the permit is being requested, a written contract with the county
 5 of Nassau, a list which identifies participating nuisance wildlife
 6 specialists and eligibility based on the criteria established by the
 7 department, provided by the county of Nassau, requests for any authori-
 8 zation pursuant to subdivisions three-a and eleven of section 11-0505 of
 9 this title, subdivision two-a of section 11-0901 of this article, and
 10 subdivisions two-a and four-a of section 11-0931 of this article,
 11 provided that any such authorization subsequently granted shall be
 12 explicitly included on any cull permit, and details regarding expected
 13 local law enforcement consultation.
 14 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring or obligat-
 15 ing the department to issue a permit to take deer when in its opinion
 16 the nuisance, destruction of property or threat to public health and
 17 welfare will not be effectively abated thereby.
 18 § 2. Subdivisions 3