Bill Text: NY A06905 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends authorization to DEC to manage whelk and conch.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - substituted by s4220 [A06905 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06905-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6905
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 24, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROZIC, SWEENEY, ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, ENGLEBRIGHT,
         PAULIN, MAISEL, MILLER, SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
         COOK, FAHY, GOTTFRIED, MARKEY, THIELE -- (at request of the Department
         of  Environmental  Conservation)  --  read  once  and  referred 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 whelk and conch
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of  section  13-0330 of the environmental
    2  conservation law, as amended by chapter 420 of  the  laws  of  2011,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    6.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
    5  [thirteen] FIFTEEN, fix by regulation measures  for  the  management  of
    6  whelk  or  conch  (Busycon  spp.),  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 requirements, requirements on the amount
   10  and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to trans-
   11  portation, possession and sale, provided that such  regulations  are  no
   12  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth  in  this  chapter and
   13  provided further that such regulations are consistent with  the  compli-
   14  ance  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. S 1800 et seq.).
   18    S 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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