Bill Text: NY A06960 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Continues the authority of the department of environmental conservation to provide the taking of sharks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-17 - signed chap.428 [A06960 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06960-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6960
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 6, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, SWEENEY, COLTON, JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, COOK,
         MAISEL, P. RIVERA, REILLY, ROBERTS, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. McENENY, STEVENSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         continuing the authority of the department of environmental  conserva-
         tion to provide the taking of sharks
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 4  of  section  13-0338  of  the  environmental
    2  conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 141 of the laws of 2007, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    4. The department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
    5  [eleven]  THIRTEEN,  fix  by  regulation  measures for the management of
    6  sharks, including size limits, catch and  possession  limits,  open  and
    7  closed  seasons,  closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and
    8  landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor,  recordkeep-
    9  ing  requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort
   10  and gear, and requirements relating to  transportation,  possession  and
   11  sale,  provided  that  such  regulations  are  no  less restrictive than
   12  requirements set forth in this chapter and provided  further  that  such
   13  regulations  are consistent with the compliance requirements of applica-
   14  ble fishery management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fish-
   15  eries Commission and with applicable provisions  of  fishery  management
   16  plans  adopted  pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Manage-
   17  ment Act (16 U.S.C. S1800 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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