Bill Text: NY S09320 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-28 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10348 [S09320 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09320-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9320

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 10, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- (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 striped bass

          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  11-0303 of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as amended by chapter 258 of  the  laws  of  2021,  is
     3  amended as follows:
     4    3.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
     5  [twenty-four] twenty-seven, fix by regulation measures for  the  manage-
     6  ment  of  striped  bass,  including  size  limits,  catch and possession
     7  limits, open and closed  seasons,  closed  areas,  restrictions  on  the
     8  manner  of  taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility
     9  therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements  on  the  amount  and
    10  type  of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to transpor-
    11  tation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no  less
    12  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth in this chapter and provided
    13  further  that  such  regulations  are  consistent  with  the  compliance
    14  requirements  of  applicable  fishery  management  plans  adopted by the
    15  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and   with   applicable
    16  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
    17  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
    18    § 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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