A6887-2011 Actions

• Aug 17, 2011: signed chap.418
• Aug 5, 2011: delivered to governor
• Jun 6, 2011: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 6, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 6, 2011: 3RD READING CAL.687
• Jun 6, 2011: SUBSTITUTED FOR S4964
• May 17, 2011: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• May 17, 2011: delivered to senate
• May 17, 2011: passed assembly
• May 12, 2011: advanced to third reading cal.337
• May 10, 2011: reported
• Apr 5, 2011: referred to environmental conservation

A6887-2011 Votes

A6887-2011 Text

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

                                    6887

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                                April 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, COLTON, JAFFEE, TITONE, ZEBROWSKI, COOK,
    MAISEL, P. RIVERA, REILLY, ROBERTS, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
    of A. McENENY, STEVENSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
    Environmental Conservation

  AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
    management of weakfish

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


    Section  1.   Section 13-0340-a of the environmental conservation law,
  as amended by chapter 152 of the laws of 2007, is  amended  to  read  as
  follows:

  S 13-0340-a. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).
    The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [eleven]
  FOURTEEN,  fix  by  regulation  measures  for the management of weakfish
  (Cynoscion regalis), 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,
  recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fish-
  ing effort  and  gear,  and  requirements  relating  to  transportation,
  possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no less restric-
  tive  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  Commission  and with applicable provisions of fishery
  management plans adopted pursuant to the  Federal  Fishery  Conservation
  and Management Act (16 U.S.C. S 1800 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.
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