Senate Bill S8565

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs

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  • 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-S8565 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10682
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0331, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S2409, A2574

2017-S8565 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs.

2017-S8565 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8565 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8565
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  13-0331 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by chapter 447 of  the  laws  of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   7.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
 [eighteen] NINETEEN, fix by regulation measures for  the  management  of
 crabs  of  any  kind  including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.), including
 size limits, catch and  possession  limits,  open  and  closed  seasons,
 closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, require-
 ments  for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements,
 requirements on the amount and type of  fishing  effort  and  gear,  and
 requirements  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 Commis-
 sion  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.
                                                            LBD15860-01-8

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