S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8087--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of the Department of Environmental Conservation) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- reported and referred to the Commit- tee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules 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] SEVENTEEN, 6 adopt regulations restricting the taking of fish, shellfish and crusta- 7 cea in any special management area designated pursuant to subdivision 8 two of this section. Such regulations may restrict the manner of taking 9 of 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. LBD09442-04-5