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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Aug 13, 2015 |
signed chap.225 |
| Aug 03, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
| Jun 18, 2015 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.598 substituted for a8218 |
| Jun 17, 2015 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1749 |
| Jun 11, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5922
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2015-S5922 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8218
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation
2015-S5922 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5922
TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to the management and conservation
of horseshoe crabs; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
upon expiration thereof
PURPOSE: To require the Department of Environmental Conservation
(DEC) to consider certain conservation criteria when managing
horseshoe crabs.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would require the DEC, in its
management plan of horseshoe crabs, to consider certain criteria.
JUSTIFICATION: The horseshoe crab has sometimes been called a living
fossil, having remained relatively unchanged in appearance for 350
million years. Horseshoe crabs are an important part of the
ecosystem, serving as a food source for migratory shorebirds,
including red knots, functioning as bait for the taking of whelk and
American eel and providing an important contribution to medicine with
a clotting agent in their blood called Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL)
for which there is currently no synthetic substitute. This legislation
recognizes the importance of horseshoe crabs and requires DEC to
examine certain conservation and management issues.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.
2015-S5922 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 5922 A. 8218
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
June 11, 2015
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT in relation to the management and conservation of horseshoe
crabs; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. As part of the management and conservation measures author-
ized under subdivision 7 of section 13-0331 of the environmental conser-
vation law as pertains to horseshoe crabs, the department of environ-
mental conservation shall consider the following:
(a) the use of bait bags in whelk pots;
(b) the impacts of establishing seasons during spawning and nonspawn-
ing seasons;
(c) the impacts of establishing harvest limits based on sex; and
(d) ecologically based consideration of harvest limits and quotas to
include factors such as shore bird consumption based on information
collected and used by the Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed December 31, 2017.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11552-03-5
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