Bill Text: NY S04854 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage fluke-summer flounder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-13 - SIGNED CHAP.189 [S04854 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04854-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4854
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 22, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
         mental Conservation) -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
         printed to be committed 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 fluke-summer 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-b of the environmental conservation law, as
    2  amended by chapter 421 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4  S 13-0340-b. Fluke - summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus).
    5    The   department   may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
    6  [fifteen] SEVENTEEN, fix by regulation measures for  the  management  of
    7  fluke or summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), including size limits,
    8  catch  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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