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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 137
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 463
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8
th Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE FEEDING OF BLACK BEARS,
ESTABLISHING A WILDLIFE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND
AUTHORIZING CERTAIN HAZING TECHNIQUES IN MUNICIPALITIES
WITH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BLACK BEAR SIGHTINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit certain feeding of 1
black bears and establish a wildlife advisory committee charged with 2
developing a program to offer nonprojectile hazing pistols to animal 3
control officers in towns that experience a significant number of bear 4
sightings, as determined by data compiled by the Department of Energy 5
and Environmental Protection. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To address black bear sighting and safety issues.