Bill Text: NY A07975 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-13 - signed chap.136 [A07975 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07975-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7975
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 2, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, 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 winter flounder
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 13-0340-c of the environmental conservation law, as
    2  amended  by  chapter  34  of  the  laws  of  2013, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4  S 13-0340-c. Winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus).
    5    The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,   two   thousand
    6  [fifteen]  SEVENTEEN,  fix  by regulation measures for the management of
    7  winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus), including size limits, catch
    8  and  possession  limits,  open  and  closed   seasons,   closed   areas,
    9  restrictions  on  the  manner  of  taking  and landing, requirements for
   10  permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping  requirements,  require-
   11  ments  on  the  amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and require-
   12  ments relating to transportation, possession  and  sale,  provided  that
   13  such  regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in
   14  this chapter and provided further that such regulations  are  consistent
   15  with  the compliance requirements of applicable fishery management plans
   16  adopted by the Atlantic States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and  with
   17  applicable  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to
   18  the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. S 1800 et
   19  seq.).
   20    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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