Senate Bill S5691

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage whelk and conch

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8278 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S5691 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8278
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0330, En Con L

2017-S5691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage whelk and conch until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty.

2017-S5691 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5691
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI -- (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
   extending the authority of the department of  environmental  conserva-
   tion to manage whelk and conch
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6  of  section  13-0330  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 188 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   6. The department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
 [seventeen]  TWENTY,  fix  by  regulation measures for the management of
 whelk or conch (Busycon and Busycotypus spp.),  including  size  limits,
 catch  and  possession  limits,  open  and closed seasons, closed areas,
 restrictions on the manner  of  taking  and  landing,  requirements  for
 permits  and  eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, require-
 ments on the amount and type of fishing effort and  gear,  and  require-
 ments  relating  to  transportation,  possession and sale, provided that
 such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth  in
 this  chapter  and provided further that such regulations are consistent
 with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery management  plans
 adopted  by  the  Atlantic  States  Marine Fisheries Commission and with
 applicable provisions of fishery management plans  adopted  pursuant  to
 the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et
 seq.).
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09934-01-7

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