Bill Text: NY A01224 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the catching and possession of up to 5 times the daily limit of fish during any 7 day period of time; authorizes the catching and possession on a single vessel of the maximum daily limit for each species of fish a person aboard the vessel is authorized to take.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-23 - print number 1224a [A01224 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A01224-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 1762--A A. 1224--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ 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 authorizing the catching and possession of five times the daily limit for any species of fish during any seven consecutive day period and authorizing the catching and possession on a single vessel of the daily limits of any species of fish for which a person aboard such vessel holds a license for the taking thereof; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 13-0373 to read as follows: 3 S 13-0373. AGGREGATION OF DAILY AND TRIP CATCH AND POSSESSION LIMITS. 4 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS TITLE OR ANY RULE OR REGU- 5 LATION PROMULGATED PURSUANT THERETO, A PERSON HOLDING A MARINE COMMER- 6 CIAL FOOD FISHING LICENSE PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION 13-0335 OF THIS TITLE 7 MAY CATCH AND POSSESS AT ANY ONE TIME OR AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING ANY 8 SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAY PERIOD OF TIME, NOT MORE THAN FIVE TIMES THE DAILY 9 MAXIMUM FOR THE SPECIES OF FISH CAUGHT AND POSSESSED. ANY PERSON WHO EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01667-03-4 S. 1762--A 2 A. 1224--A 1 CATCHES AND POSSESSES ANY QUANTITY OF ANY SPECIES OF FISH IN EXCESS OF 2 THE DAILY LIMIT, AS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL NOT TAKE MORE 3 THAN FIVE TIMES THE DAILY LIMIT FOR SUCH FISH DURING ANY SEVEN CONSEC- 4 UTIVE DAY PERIOD OF TIME. 5 2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS TITLE OR ANY RULE OR REGU- 6 LATION PROMULGATED PURSUANT THERETO, NO VESSEL TRIP LIMIT SHALL BE 7 DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE CATCHING AND POSSESSION OF THE MAXIMUM DAILY 8 LIMITS FOR MORE THAN ONE SPECIES OF FISH ON A SINGLE VESSEL BY ANY 9 PERSON OR PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE SUCH SPECIES OF FISH. 10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be 11 deemed repealed January 1, 2016.