Bill Text: NY A07862 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scallops until December 31, 2018.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-13 - signed chap.134 [A07862 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07862-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7862
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 28, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS, ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of the Depart-
         ment of Environmental Conservation) -- read once and referred  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 scallops
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 13-0327 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  41  of  the  laws  of  2013, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4  S 13-0327. Scallops[; prohibited acts].
    5    The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,   two   thousand
    6  [fifteen]  EIGHTEEN,  adopt by regulation measures for the management of
    7  scallops (Family Pectinidae) including size limits, catch and possession
    8  limits, open and closed  seasons,  closed  areas,  restrictions  on  the
    9  manner  of  taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility
   10  therefor, recordkeeping and identification requirements, requirements on
   11  the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements  relat-
   12  ing  to  transportation,  possession  and sale, provided that such regu-
   13  lations are no less restrictive than  requirements  set  forth  in  this
   14  chapter.
   15    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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