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A5812Assembly2017-2018 Session

Year-Round Coyote Hunting Allowed

Official title

“Provides that the open season for hunting coyotes shall be all year long”

Sponsor Joseph ErrigoAD-133+3 co-sponsorsAffects Environment & Energy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Environmental Conservation
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Environmental Conservation

What's happening

This bill changes the coyote hunting season in New York to be open year-round starting after December 31, 2017.

Why it matters

  1. Expanding the coyote hunting season to year-round could significantly impact coyote populations. potentially reducing their numbers, which may affect local ecosystems and the balance among predator and prey species.

  2. This change could address concerns from farmers, landowners, and rural communities. who often cite coyotes as threats to livestock and pets, making it easier for them to manage coyote-related problems without seasonal restrictions.

  3. By removing the state's authority to set a fixed season by regulation, the bill limits future flexibility. meaning that any future adjustments to coyote hunting periods would require passing new legislation rather than simpler regulatory updates.

  4. The policy shift may have implications for wildlife management and conservation efforts. , including the roles of professional biologists and regulators who previously set seasons based on population data and long-term management goals.

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Year-Round Coyote Hunting Allowed

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Joseph Errigo

Assembly Member · Assembly District 133

1 Multi-sponsor

History

  1. Referred to environmental conservation
  2. Held for consideration in environmental conservation
  3. Referred to environmental conservation

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

5812

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 15, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. ERRIGO, CROUCH, MORINELLO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to establishing the open season for hunting coyote

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Paragraph o of subdivision 2 of section 11-0905 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:

o. Coyote [Fixed annually [Fixed annually

by regulation] by regulation]

After December After December

31, 2017, the open 31, 2017, the open

season for these season for these

species shall be all species shall be all

year. year.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD09061-01-7

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