Bill Text: NY A06948 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to continuing regulations relating to the management of whelks and conchs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-17 - signed chap.420 [A06948 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06948-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6948
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. CRESPO, SWEENEY, COLTON, JAFFEE, TITONE, ZEBROW-
         SKI, COOK, MAISEL, P. RIVERA, REILLY, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by  --
         M. of A. McENENY, STEVENSON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         continuing regulations relating to the management of whelks and conchs
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Subdivision  6  of section 13-0330 of the environmental
    2  conservation law, as amended by chapter 143 of  the  laws  of  2007,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    6.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
    5  [eleven] THIRTEEN, fix by regulation  measures  for  the  management  of
    6  whelk  or  conch  (Busycon  spp.),  including  size  limits,  catch  and
    7  possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed  areas,  restrictions
    8  on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligi-
    9  bility  therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount
   10  and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to trans-
   11  portation, possession and sale, provided that such  regulations  are  no
   12  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth  in  this  chapter and
   13  provided further that such regulations are consistent with  the  compli-
   14  ance  requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by the
   15  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and   with   applicable
   16  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
   17  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. S 1800 et seq.).
   18    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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