Bill Text: NY S07192 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits the management of certain marine species by orders of the department of environmental conservation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07192 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07192-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7192
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 6, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. O'MARA -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
          mental Conservation) -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
          management of certain marine species by order, crab permits, and whelk
          sales
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  11-0303 of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as amended by chapter 193 of  the  laws  of  2015,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    3. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand eigh-
     5  teen,  fix by order or regulation measures for the management of striped
     6  bass, 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 or orders are no less restrictive
    12  than requirements set forth in this chapter and  provided  further  that
    13  such  regulations  or orders are consistent with the compliance require-
    14  ments of applicable fishery management plans  adopted  by  the  Atlantic
    15  States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and with applicable provisions of
    16  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conser-
    17  vation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).  The  commissioner
    18  may  issue  orders  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  size, catch and
    19  possession limits and open and closed  seasons  necessary  to  implement
    20  interstate or state-federal interjurisdictional management plans. Notice
    21  of  the  requirements adopted by such order shall be provided by depart-
    22  ment press release and any other means that the department determines to
    23  be appropriate and effective,  including  posting  on  the  department's
    24  public  website at least 10 days prior to the effective date. Such order
    25  shall be filed in the commissioner's office and a certified  copy  shall
    26  be filed in the office of the secretary of the state.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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