Bill Text: NY S05004 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-13 - SIGNED CHAP.200 [S05004 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05004-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5004--A
           Cal. No. 1198
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 28, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE -- (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
         -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
         report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
         retaining its place in the order of third reading
       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.
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