Bill Text: NY A03890 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows the use of spears, spearguns and underwater guns in commercial and recreational bass fishing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A03890 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 3059                                                  A. 3890
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 29, 2013
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
         Conservation
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
         use  of  spears,  spearguns  or  underwater  guns  in recreational and
         commercial bass fishing
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  13-0347 of the environmental conservation law is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    3    5. THE TAKING OF STRIPED BASS BY  THE  USE  OF  SPEARS,  SPEARGUNS  OR
    4  UNDERWATER  GUNS  SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED  FOR RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL
    5  PURPOSES.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08077-01-3