Bill Text: NY A03378 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3378 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the taking of striped bass from the waters of the Hudson River for commercial purposes; delineates the presumption of when striped bass are being taken for commercial purposes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-08 - enacting clause stricken [A03378 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03378-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3378
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. CALHOUN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         prohibiting the taking of striped bass in the Hudson River for commer-
         cial purposes
         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 13-0349-a to read as follows:
    3  S  13-0349-A.  TAKING OF STRIPED BASS IN THE HUDSON RIVER FOR COMMERCIAL
    4                 PURPOSES; PROHIBITED.
    5    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO PERSON
    6  SHALL TAKE STRIPED BASS FROM THE WATERS OF THE HUDSON RIVER FOR  COMMER-
    7  CIAL  PURPOSES.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION A PERSON SHALL BE PRESUMED
    8  TO BE TAKING STRIPED BASS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES  WHEN  SETTING,  MAIN-
    9  TAINING,  OPERATING  OR USING NETS, EXCEPT SEINES NOT LARGER THAN THIRTY
   10  FEET LONG OR FOUR FEET DEEP OR LIFT NETS NOT LARGER THAN SIXTEEN  SQUARE
   11  FEET;  TRAPS,  EXCEPT  BAIT TRAPS NOT MORE THAN THIRTY INCHES IN LENGTH;
   12  COMBS; POTS; OR HOOK AND LINE, EXCEPT BY ANGLING.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   14  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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