Bill Text: NY S05112 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to blackfish or tautog.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.166 [S05112 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05112-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 5112                                                  A. 7270
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 1, 2015
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       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 -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         blackfish or tautog
         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  13-0335  of  the  environmental
    2  conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 263 of the laws of 1997, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    3. A person may land food fish, except as prohibited by  this  chapter
    5  AND  EXCEPT  BLACKFISH  OR  TAUTOG  (TAUTOGA  ONITIS), taken from waters
    6  outside [New York state boundaries] THE MARINE AND COASTAL DISTRICT  for
    7  commercial  purposes  upon first obtaining a marine and coastal district
    8  food fish landing license. The fee for such marine and coastal  district
    9  food  fish landing license shall be five hundred dollars and shall cover
   10  all persons employed by the licensee while engaged in such employment of
   11  landing food fish.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10632-01-5
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