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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | - | LCO 1 of 2 | |
| 3 | + | LCO No. 5053 1 of 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7051 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 5053 | |
| 8 | + | ||
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (PS) | |
| 7 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 18 | ||
| 11 | - | ||
| 12 | - | AN ACT CONCERNING THE BLACK BEAR POPULATION IN THE | |
| 13 | - | STATE. | |
| 19 | + | AN ACT CONCERNING A BLACK BEAR MANAGEMENT PLAN. | |
| 14 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 15 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
| 16 | 22 | ||
| 17 | 23 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of 1 | |
| 18 | - | Energy and Environmental Protection, in conjunction with | |
| 24 | + | Energy and Environmental Protection, in conjunction with 2 | |
| 19 | 25 | Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, shall 3 | |
| 20 | 26 | develop, and thereafter revise as necessary, a black bear management 4 | |
| 21 | 27 | plan to ensure public safety and the protection of property and maintain 5 | |
| 22 | 28 | a sustainable black bear population in the state. Such plan shall include, 6 | |
| 23 | 29 | but need not be limited to: (1) An assessment of the current black bear 7 | |
| 24 | 30 | population, and the desired future status of such population, in various 8 | |
| 25 | 31 | regions of the state, (2) recommendations for minimizing human and 9 | |
| 26 | 32 | black bear conflicts, (3) guidelines for public education initiatives 10 | |
| 27 | 33 | concerning management and conflict avoidance, (4) strategies for 11 | |
| 28 | 34 | nonlethal black bear deterrence and response, (5) an evaluation of 12 | |
| 29 | 35 | potential black bear population control measures, (6) protocols for the 13 | |
| 30 | 36 | public, the state and agencies, instrumentalities and political 14 | |
| 31 | 37 | subdivisions of the state to manage black bears that pose an imminent 15 | |
| 32 | 38 | threat to public safety or property, (7) recommendations for waste 16 | |
| 33 | 39 | management practices to reduce black bear attractants, and (8) strategies 17 | |
| 34 | - | for coordinating with municipalities, law enforcement officers and 18 | |
| 35 | - | interested parties to improve black bear safety measures. 19 Substitute Bill No. 7051 | |
| 40 | + | Raised Bill No. 7051 | |
| 36 | 41 | ||
| 37 | 42 | ||
| 38 | - | LCO 2 of 2 | |
| 39 | 43 | ||
| 40 | - | (b) Not later than July 1, 2026, the Commissioner of Energy and 20 | |
| 44 | + | LCO No. 5053 2 of 2 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | for coordinating with municipalities, law enforcement officers and 18 | |
| 47 | + | interested parties to improve black bear safety measures. 19 | |
| 48 | + | (b) Not later than January 1, 2026, the Commissioner of Energy and 20 | |
| 41 | 49 | Environmental Protection shall submit the plan, in accordance with the 21 | |
| 42 | 50 | provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 22 | |
| 43 | 51 | committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 23 | |
| 44 | 52 | relating to public safety and the environment. If such plan is revised, the 24 | |
| 45 | 53 | commissioner shall submit such revised plan to said committees not 25 | |
| 46 | 54 | later than thirty days after the development of such revised plan. 26 | |
| 47 | - | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) If the Commissioner of Energy 27 | |
| 48 | - | and Environmental Protection determines that the black bear 28 | |
| 49 | - | population in the state poses a threat to public safety, the commissioner 29 | |
| 50 | - | may request the Governor to issue an executive order to authorize any 30 | |
| 51 | - | appropriate black bear population control measures. 31 | |
| 52 | 55 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 53 | 56 | sections: | |
| 54 | 57 | ||
| 55 | 58 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
| 56 | - | Sec. 2 from passage New section | |
| 57 | 59 | ||
| 58 | - | PS Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 60 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 61 | + | To require the Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection | |
| 62 | + | and Emergency Services and Public Protection to develop a black bear | |
| 63 | + | management plan to ensure public safety and the protection of property | |
| 64 | + | and maintain a sustainable black bear population in the state. | |
| 65 | + | ||
| 66 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 67 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 68 | + | underlined.] | |
| 59 | 69 |