Bill Text: NY S06396 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage weakfish.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-30 - SIGNED CHAP.238 [S06396 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06396-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6396

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 7, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. BROOKS -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
          mental Conservation) -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          extending the authority of the department of  environmental  conserva-
          tion to manage weakfish

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

     1    Section 1. Section 13-0340-a of the environmental conservation law, as
     2  amended by chapter 148 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4  § 13-0340-a. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).
     5    The  department  may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [nine-
     6  teen] twenty-two, fix by  regulation  measures  for  the  management  of
     7  weakfish   (Cynoscion   regalis),   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 requirements, requirements on the amount
    11  and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to trans-
    12  portation, possession and sale, provided that such  regulations  are  no
    13  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth  in  this  chapter and
    14  provided further that such regulations are consistent with  the  compli-
    15  ance  requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by the
    16  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and   with   applicable
    17  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
    18  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09102-01-9