Bill Text: NY S05746 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8103 [S05746 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05746-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5746
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 27, 2017
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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
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          extending the authority of the department of  environmental  conserva-
          tion to manage winter 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-c of the environmental conservation law, as
     2  amended by chapter 136 of the laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4  § 13-0340-c. Winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus).
     5    The  department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [seven-
     6  teen] twenty, fix by regulation measures for the  management  of  winter
     7  flounder  (Pleuorenectes  americanus),  including size limits, catch and
     8  possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed  areas,  restrictions
     9  on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligi-
    10  bility  therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount
    11  and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to trans-
    12  portation, possession and sale, provided that such  regulations  are  no
    13  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth  in  this  chapter and
    14  provided further that such regulations are consistent with  the  compli-
    15  ance  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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