Assembly Bill A7443

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder

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Current Bill Status - 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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2023-A7443 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6954
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0340-c, En Con L

2023-A7443 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder from 2023 to 2026.

2023-A7443 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7443
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WILLIAMS -- (at request of the Department of
   Environmental Conservation) -- read once and referred 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 winter flounder

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13-0340-c of the environmental conservation law, as
 amended by section 1 of item Q of subpart A of part XXX of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 § 13-0340-c. Winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus).
   The  department  may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [twen-
 ty-three] TWENTY-SIX, fix by regulation measures for the  management  of
 winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus), 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.
                                                            LBD05876-01-3

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