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Assembly Bill A9389

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of spears and spearguns in marine and coastal waters

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2015-A9389 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-1301, En Con L; amd §3, Chap 435 of 2014

2015-A9389 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of spears and spearguns in marinas and coastal waters.

2015-A9389 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9389

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  use of spears or spearguns in marine and coastal waters; and to  amend
  chapter  435  of  the laws of 2014, relating to defining spearguns and
  allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's  marine  and  coastal
  waters, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

  Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1  of  section  11-1301  of  the
environmental  conservation  law, as added by chapter 435 of the laws of
2014, is amended to read as follows:
  c. Except as otherwise prohibited by law, fish may be taken  by  spear
or  speargun  in the marine and coastal district [only] for recreational
AND COMMERCIAL purposes. A speargun must be submerged when used to  take
fish.  Provided,  however,  that  no  food fish may be taken by spear or
speargun within one hundred yards of a public bathing area.
  S 2. Section 3 of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014, relating to  defin-
ing  spearguns  and  allowing  recreational  spearfishing  in New York's
marine and coastal waters, is amended to read as follows:
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law  [and  shall  expire and be deemed repealed June 1,
2017].
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11747-01-5

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