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Senate Bill S6481

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage crabs

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2017-S6481 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0331, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S5929

2017-S6481 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage crabs.

2017-S6481 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6481 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6481
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. AVELLA -- (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 crabs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7  of  section  13-0331  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 226 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   7. The department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
 [seventeen]  TWENTY,  fix  by  regulation measures for the management of
 crabs of any kind including horseshoe  crabs  (Limulus  sp.),  including
 size  limits,  catch  and  possession  limits,  open and closed seasons,
 closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, require-
 ments for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping  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  applicable  fishery
 management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis-
 sion and with applicable provisions of fishery management plans  adopted
 pursuant  to  the  Federal  Fishery  Conservation and Management Act (16
 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09923-01-7

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