STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8696
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     October 5, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
        AN  ACT  to direct the department of environmental conservation to study
          the impact of lead ammunition on New York wildlife
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  1.  The  department  of  environmental conservation shall
     2  conduct a study on the impact of lead ammunition on  New  York  wildlife
     3  and make recommendations on how to mitigate harms, if any, identified by
     4  such  study.  Such department shall solicit the input and cooperation of
     5  researchers and stakeholders it deems relevant when designing such study
     6  and in determining how to implement such recommendations. The  scope  of
     7  such study shall include, but not be limited to:
     8    a.  the  impact  on  the overall health of New York wildlife from lead
     9  fragments;
    10    b. an isotopic analysis of lead samples found in wildlife to determine
    11  the source of such lead samples;
    12    c. an examination of the direct and indirect impact of lead  poisoning
    13  on  population  growth  and decline of New York wildlife with a focus on
    14  such wildlife that is subject to conservation efforts;
    15    d. which geographic regions of the state are particularly affected  by
    16  lead poisoning; and
    17    e. which species of wildlife are particularly affected by lead poison-
    18  ing.
    19    2. Such department shall issue a report containing the findings of the
    20  study  to  the  legislature no later than eighteen months succeeding the
    21  date on which this act shall have become a law.
    22    § 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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