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Senate Bill S4665

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits the purchase, sale, trade, or barter of fish caught in New York waters containing PCBs greater than one part per million

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2009-S4665 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4148
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง13-0347, En Con L

2009-S4665 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the purchase, sale, trade, or barter of fish caught in New York waters containing PCBs greater than one part per million; includes waters defined as those within the marine and coastal district.

2009-S4665 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4665 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4665

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FOLEY  -- 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
  purchase,  sale,  trade,  or barter of fish containing polychlorinated
  biphenyls taken from New York waters

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

  Section  1.  Section  13-0347 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. FISH THAT ARE TAKEN FROM THE WATERS OF THE STATE,  INCLUDING  THOSE
TAKEN  FROM  THE  MARINE  AND  COASTAL  DISTRICT,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION
13-0103 OF THIS ARTICLE,  SHALL  NOT  BE  PURCHASED,  SOLD,  TRADED,  OR
BARTERED,  OR  OFFERED  OR EXPOSED FOR PURCHASE, SALE, TRADE, OR BARTER,
HAVING, IN ANY FORM,  A  POLYCHLORINATED  BIPHENYL  CONCENTRATION  LEVEL
GREATER THAN ONE PART PER MILLION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES
AND REGULATIONS FOR THE PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall have become a law; provided however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment, or repeal of any rule or regulation  neces-
sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
effective date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06993-03-9

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