Senate Bill S6951

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status Via A7440 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-S6951 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7440
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0338, En Con L

2023-S6951 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S6951 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6951 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6951
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. CHU -- (at request of the Department of Environmental
   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 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 amended by section 1 of item N of subpart A of part
 XXX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   4. The department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
 [twenty-three] TWENTY-SIX, 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. §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.
                                                            LBD05874-01-3

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