STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6913

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    December 18, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT establishing a moratorium on the prohibition  of  feeding  white-
          tailed deer in Sullivan county

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

     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding  section  11-0325  of  the  environmental
     2  conservation law, or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary,
     3  in  Sullivan county, a moratorium is imposed on the prohibition of feed-
     4  ing white-tailed deer. The moratorium shall continue in existence  until
     5  January  1,  2026, or until the legislature determines, through legisla-
     6  tive action, that the white-tailed deer population  in  Sullivan  county
     7  has  increased in such an amount as to warrant the removal of such mora-
     8  torium prior to January 1, 2026.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






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