Bill Text: NY S03713 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Allows the use of spears or spearguns in commercial and recreational bass fishing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S03713 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03713-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 3713                                                  A. 5506
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                    February 13, 2019
                                       ___________
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
          Conservation
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of  A. FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Envi-
          ronmental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          recreational  and  commercial  spearfishing  in  New York's marine and
          coastal waters
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision 1 of section 11-1301 of the
     2  environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 435 of the  laws  of
     3  2014, is amended to read as follows:
     4    c.  Except  as otherwise prohibited by law, fish may be taken by spear
     5  or speargun in the marine and coastal district [only]  for  recreational
     6  and  commercial purposes. A speargun must be submerged when used to take
     7  fish. Provided, however, that no food fish may  be  taken  by  spear  or
     8  speargun within one hundred yards of a public bathing area.
     9    §  2. Section 13-0347 of the environmental conservation law is amended
    10  by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    11    5. Striped bass may be taken in New York's marine and coastal district
    12  for all purposes by use of a spear or speargun as defined by paragraph f
    13  of subdivision one of section 11-0103 of this chapter.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
    15  the amendments to paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 11-1301 of the
    16  environmental conservation law made by section one of this act shall not
    17  affect  the repeal of such paragraph and shall be deemed repealed there-
    18  with.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03215-01-9
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