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Assembly Bill A6809

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to posting of advisories for particular bodies of water

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2011-A6809 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0323, add §11-0314, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A6619

2011-A6809 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires copies of fish and wildlife law be made available to public anywhere fishing licenses are sold and requires posting of advisories on restrictions on fishing in particular bodies of water at specified locations.

2011-A6809 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6809

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conserva-
  tion

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  posting of advisories and the availability of the  fish  and  wildlife
  law pamphlets

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

  Section 1. Section 11-0323 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
amended by chapter 84 of the laws of 2010 is amended to read as follows:
S 11-0323. Publication of Fish and Wildlife Law.
  The department shall compile and index each year after the adjournment
of  the legislature the laws relating to fish and wildlife as amended to
date. Copies of the compilation shall be printed  in  pamphlet  form  of
pocket  size  in  the  number  for which the legislature may appropriate
funds. The department shall also prepare a syllabus  of  such  laws  and
information  informing migratory game bird hunters where they can obtain
information regarding open seasons and  bag  limits  and  shall  deliver
copies  to  county,  city, town and village clerks in numbers sufficient
for the furnishing of one copy to each person to whom a  hunting,  trap-
ping  or fishing license is issued. Each such licensee shall be entitled
to one copy of such syllabus.  SUCH LAWS SHALL ALSO  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE
UPON  THE  REQUEST OF ANY PERSON AT ALL LOCATIONS WHERE FISHING LICENSES
ARE OFFERED.
  S 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
section 11-0314 to read as follows:
S 11-0314. POSTING OF PARTICULAR ADVISORIES.
   1.  ADVISORIES  OR  NOTICES  RELATING  TO  RESTRICTIONS ON FISHING IN
CERTAIN AREAS OR SPECIFIC TYPES OF FISH, PERTAINING TO A PARTICULAR BODY
OF WATER, FOR ANY REASON DEEMED NECESSARY OR PRUDENT BY THE  DEPARTMENT,
SHALL  BE  CONSPICUOUSLY  POSTED AT ANY STATE BOAT LAUNCH SERVICING THAT

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02485-01-1

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