Bill Text: NY S09301 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage oysters until December 31, 2025.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-23 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10160 [S09301 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S09301-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9301 IN SENATE May 13, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- 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 oysters 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 13-0323 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 220 of the laws of 2019, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 3. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand 5 [twenty-two] twenty-five, fix by regulation measures for the management 6 of oysters (Family Ostreidae) including size limits, catch and 7 possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions 8 on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligi- 9 bility therefor, recordkeeping and identification requirements, require- 10 ments on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and require- 11 ments relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided that 12 such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in 13 this chapter. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15565-01-2
