Bill Text: NY S07159 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage oysters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-22 - SIGNED CHAP.171 [S07159 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7159
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 1, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. ZELDIN -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
         mental Conservation) -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         extending the authority of the department of  environmental  conserva-
         tion to manage oysters
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3  of  section  13-0323  of  the  environmental
    2  conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 431 of the laws of 2011, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    3. The department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
    5  [fourteen]  EIGHTEEN,  fix  by regulation measures for the management of
    6  oysters (Family Ostreidae) including size limits, catch  and  possession
    7  limits,  open  and  closed  seasons,  closed  areas, restrictions on the
    8  manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits  and  eligibility
    9  therefor, recordkeeping and identification requirements, requirements on
   10  the  amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relat-
   11  ing to transportation, possession and sale,  provided  that  such  regu-
   12  lations  are  no  less  restrictive  than requirements set forth in this
   13  chapter.
   14    S 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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