Bill Text: NY A08087 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends provisions relating to the taking of fish, shellfish, and crustacea in special management areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-17 - substituted by s5004a [A08087 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8087
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of the Department 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 restrict the  taking  of  fish,  shellfish  and  crustacea  in
         special management areas
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3  of  section  13-0360  of  the  environmental
    2  conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  86 of the laws of 2011, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department
    5  may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [fifteen] EIGHTEEN, adopt
    6  regulations restricting the taking of fish, shellfish and  crustacea  in
    7  any  special  management  area designated pursuant to subdivision two of
    8  this section. Such regulations may restrict  the  manner  of  taking  of
    9  fish,  shellfish  and  crustacea  in such areas and the landing of fish,
   10  shellfish and crustacea which have  been  taken  therefrom.  Such  regu-
   11  lations  shall  be  consistent  with all relevant federal and interstate
   12  fisheries management plans and with the  marine  fisheries  conservation
   13  and management policy set forth in section 13-0105 of this article.
   14    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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