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NY S08750
Bill
Status
9/21/2020
Primary Sponsor
Todd Kaminsky
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AI Summary
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Amends Environmental Conservation Law section 11-0535 to require New York to maintain state protections for species designated as endangered or threatened by the federal Secretary of the Interior, even if the federal designation is removed.
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Specifies that species designated by the Secretary of the Interior remain subject to New York's restrictions regardless of subsequent federal delisting.
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Preserves the commissioner's authority to exclude species from state protections only after determining through investigation that they are no longer endangered or threatened.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Requires the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation to include species designated by the Secretary of the Interior as endangered or threatened to the endangered and threatened species list.
Last Action
signed chap.170
9/21/2020