Assembly Bill A8000

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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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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2015-A8000 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5006
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0338, En Con L

2015-A8000 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-A8000 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8000

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of the Depart-
  ment  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 sharks

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  13-0338 of the environmental
conservation law, as separately amended by chapters 170 and 171  of  the
laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  4.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
[fifteen] SEVENTEEN, fix by regulation measures for  the  management  of
sharks,  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, recordkeep-
ing requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fishing  effort
and  gear,  and  requirements 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  applica-
ble fishery management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fish-
eries  Commission  and  with applicable provisions of fishery management
plans adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation  and  Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. S1800 et seq.).
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09444-01-5

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