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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1512
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Imposes a moratorium on any plan or proposed plan of the department of environmental conservation to designate the mute swan as a prohibited invasive species or eliminate the mute swan from New York state
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Fred Thiele
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BILL NUMBER:S6667
Title of bill
An act in relation to imposing a moratorium on any plan or proposed plan of the department of environmental conservation to designate the mute swan as a prohibited invasive species or eliminate the mute swan from New York state
Purpose
To impose a moratorium on the designation of mute swans as a prohibited invasive species and the proposed management plan which would eliminate the species in New York State until an independent committee can report on whether such a designation should be made.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Imposes a moratorium on the designation of the mute swan as a prohibited invasive species. Also imposes a moratorium on the adoption and implementation of a management plan for mute swans.
Section 2. Provides for a committee to study the mute swan to determine whether or not the swan should be designated a prohibited species and, if so, should be eliminated in New York. The committee is tasked to investigate management methods other than elimination and make specific findings on each alternative. The committee appointed by the Governor and Legislature, will be composed of seven members who have knowledge and expertise in wildlife management and will report to the Governor and Legislature within a year.
Section 3. Provides the moratorium shall remain in place until one hundred and twenty days after the filing of the report.
Justification
Mute swans have graced the ponds and waterways of Long Island, the lower Hudson Valley and the shores of Lake Ontario for over 120 years. While not a native species, the swans have become a familiar sight and part of the ecology of these areas. The Department of Environmental Conservation has filed draft regulations and a draft management plan which would designate the mute swan as a prohibited invasive species and provide for the elimination of the species in New York State through various methods including euthanizing the animals.
This drastic approach has lead to questions about the basis of the study conducted by the DEC and the necessity of a total elimination of the mute swan. There are arguments that the population can be maintained and controlled on a regional basis. Before the complete eradication of a species, all avenues of possible preservation should be explored. This legislation would allow an independent committee to review the facts and examine all the alternative methods of dealing with the mute swan.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
Immediately.
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