Bill Text: NY S09319 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scallops to December 31, 2027.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-28 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10206 [S09319 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09319-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9319

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 10, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. THOMAS -- (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 scallops

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 13-0327 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  262  of  the  laws  of 2021, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4  § 13-0327. Scallops.
     5    The department may, until December thirty-first, two  thousand  [twen-
     6  ty-four]  twenty-seven,  adopt by regulation measures for the management
     7  of  scallops  (Family  Pectinidae)  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 and identification 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.
    15    § 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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