Senate Bill S4884

2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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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-S4884 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0331, En Con L

2015-S4884 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-S4884 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4884 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4884

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. VENDITTO -- (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 289 of  the  laws  of  2011,  is
amended to read as follows:
  7.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
[fifteen] EIGHTEEN, 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. 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.
                                                           LBD09428-01-5

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