Senate Bill S6949

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas

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Current Bill Status Via A7436 - 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-S6949 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7436
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0360, En Con L

2023-S6949 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas.

2023-S6949 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6949
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. FERNANDEZ -- (at request of the Department of Envi-
   ronmental 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  restrict  the  taking  of  fish,  shellfish and crustacea in
   special management areas
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  13-0360 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by section 1 of item K of subpart A of part
 XXX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department
 may,  until   December   thirty-first,   two   thousand   [twenty-three]
 TWENTY-SIX,  adopt regulations restricting the taking of fish, shellfish
 and crustacea in any special  management  area  designated  pursuant  to
 subdivision  two  of  this  section.  Such  regulations may restrict the
 manner of taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in such areas and  the
 landing  of  fish,  shellfish and crustacea which have been taken there-
 from. Such regulations shall be consistent with all relevant federal and
 interstate fisheries management plans  and  with  the  marine  fisheries
 conservation  and management policy set forth in section 13-0105 of this
 article.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05870-01-3

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