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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 894
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E NONLETHAL MANAGEMENT OF THE
BLACK BEAR POPULATIO N IN CONNECTICUT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than February 1, 2020, the 1
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit a 2
report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the 3
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance 4
of matters relating to the environment on best nonlethal management 5
practices that are effective in deterring black bear from habituating in 6
areas that are densely populated by humans. In developing such 7
practices, the commissioner shall consider, but is not limited to, the 8
following: (1) Attractant management practices and recommendations 9
that limit black bear access to food sources originating from humans, 10
(2) nonlethal hazing devices, including noises and physical deterrents 11
that decrease black bear use of densely populated human areas, (3) 12
education programs that instruct and encourage the general public to 13
improve their use of attractant management practices, and (4) 14
community planning strategies that consider black bear territory in 15
making land use and waste management plans within municipalities. 16 Raised Bill No. 894
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To identify nonlethal management practices that can be employed to
deter black bears from habituating in areas densely populated by
humans.
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except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]