Bill Text: NY S05710 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scup.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8276 [S05710 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05710-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5710
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 26, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. MARCELLINO -- (at request of the Department of Envi-
          ronmental 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 scup
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 13-0340-e of the environmental conservation law, as
     2  amended by chapter 191 of the laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4  § 13-0340-e. Scup (Stenotomus chrysops).
     5    The  department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [seven-
     6  teen] twenty, fix by regulation measures  for  the  management  of  scup
     7  (Stenotomus  chrysops),  including  size  limits,  catch  and possession
     8  limits, open and closed  seasons,  closed  areas,  restrictions  on  the
     9  manner  of  taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility
    10  therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements  on  the  amount  and
    11  type  of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to transpor-
    12  tation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no  less
    13  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth in this chapter and provided
    14  further  that  such  regulations  are  consistent  with  the  compliance
    15  requirements  of  applicable  fishery  management  plans  adopted by the
    16  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and   with   applicable
    17  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
    18  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
    19    § 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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