Bill Text: NY S06983 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-22 - SIGNED CHAP.161 [S06983 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06983-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6983--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 11, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
         -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
         and recommitted to said committee
       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 418 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4  S 13-0340-a. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).
    5    The  department  may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [four-
    6  teen] SIXTEEN, fix by regulation measures for the management of weakfish
    7  (Cynoscion regalis), including size limits, catch and possession limits,
    8  open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions  on  the  manner  of
    9  taking  and  landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor,
   10  recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fish-
   11  ing effort  and  gear,  and  requirements  relating  to  transportation,
   12  possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no less restric-
   13  tive  than  requirements  set forth in this chapter and provided further
   14  that such regulations are consistent with the compliance requirements of
   15  applicable fishery management  plans  adopted  by  the  Atlantic  States
   16  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and with applicable provisions of fishery
   17  management plans adopted pursuant to the  Federal  Fishery  Conservation
   18  and Management Act (16 U.S.C. S 1800 et seq.).
   19    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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