Bill Text: NY S05692 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-15 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8275 [S05692 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05692-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5692
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 26, 2017
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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 189 of the laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4  § 13-0340-b. Fluke - summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus).
     5    The  department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [seven-
     6  teen] twenty, fix by regulation measures for the management of fluke  or
     7  summer  flounder  (Paralichthys  dentatus), including size limits, catch
     8  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. § 1800 et
    19  seq.).
    20    § 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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