Bill Text: NY S03884 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 3884 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Limits the taking of sharks to the use of non-stainless non-offset circle hooks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-23 - SIGNED CHAP.378 [S03884 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03884-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 3884--A                                            A. 5421--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 26, 2013
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
         Conservation  -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
         vation  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted  to  the
         Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation in accordance with Assembly
         Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
         taking of sharks; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
         expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  13-0338 of the environmental conservation law is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    3    5. SHARKS, EXCLUDING SPINY DOGFISH, SHALL NOT BE TAKEN FOR  COMMERCIAL
    4  OR  RECREATIONAL  PURPOSES  BY  BAITED  HOOKING  EXCEPT  WITH THE USE OF
    5  NON-STAINLESS STEEL NON-OFFSET CIRCLE  HOOKS.  IN  ADDITION,  NO  PERSON
    6  SHALL  CONDUCT,  SPONSOR  OR  PARTICIPATE IN ANY SHARK TOURNAMENT UNLESS
    7  SAID TOURNAMENT'S RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRE  THE  EXCLUSIVE  USE  OF
    8  NON-STAINLESS STEEL NON-OFFSET CIRCLE HOOKS.
    9    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
   10  deemed repealed December 31, 2016.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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