Senate Bill S4221

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scallops

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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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2013-S4221 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6904
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§13-0327 & 71-0921, En Con L

2013-S4221 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scallops.

2013-S4221 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4221

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ZELDIN -- (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 scallops

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 13-0327 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  427  of  the  laws  of 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
S 13-0327. Scallops; prohibited acts.
  The department may, until December thirty-first, two  thousand  [thir-
teen]  FIFTEEN, adopt by regulation measures for the management of scal-
lops (Family Pectinidae) 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 and identification requirements, requirements on
the  amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relat-
ing to transportation, possession and sale,  provided  that  such  regu-
lations  are  no  less  restrictive  than requirements set forth in this
chapter.
  S 2. Subparagraph 9 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 and subparagraph 5
of paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 71-0921 of the  environmental
conservation  law,  as  added  by  chapter  417 of the laws of 1996, are
amended to read as follows:
  (9) [subdivision two of] REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT
PURSUANT  TO  section  13-0327  of this chapter, regarding the taking of
undersized scallops, where the taking  involves  more  than  twenty-four
percentum of scallops of less than legal size; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08952-02-3

              

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