Requires publication of laws relating to the control of invasive species.

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S6858-2011 Actions

• Aug 1, 2012: SIGNED CHAP.342
• Jul 20, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• May 21, 2012: returned to senate
• May 21, 2012: passed assembly
• May 21, 2012: ordered to third reading cal.599
• May 21, 2012: substituted for a9581
• May 7, 2012: referred to ways and means
• May 7, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 7, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• May 1, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Apr 30, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Apr 26, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.601
• Mar 30, 2012: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S6858-2011 Meetings

Environmental Conservation: Apr 26, 2012

S6858-2011 Calendars

Active List: May 7, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 1, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 7, 2012

S6858-2011 Votes

S6858-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6858

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
requiring publication of laws relating to the control of invasive
species

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to provide sportspersons with information on
legislation intended to reduce the effects of invasive species and to
prevent further invasions.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill would require the Department of Environmental Conservation
(DEC) to include in their existing publications information on legis-
lation affecting the eradication, suppression, reduction or management
of invasive species.

JUSTIFICATION:
Invasive species pose significant threats to ecosystems like wetlands,
water bodies, forests, meadows and grasslands. These threats not only
affect the environment, but can also affect human health and well-being.
Therefore, helping prevent the introduction, spread and growth of inva-
sive species is essential for the protection of New York's environment.

DEC already produces a syllabus that is available to persons who hold
hunting, trapping and/or fishing licenses. By including information on
legislation relating to invasive species, sportspersons would be able to
help reduce the effects of invasive species by having an increased
awareness of how to control invasive species that would ensure the
continued enjoyment of the great outdoors for future generations.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect in 60 days.

S6858-2011 Text

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

                                    6858

                              I N  SENATE

                               March 30, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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
    requiring  publication  of  laws  relating  to the control of invasive
    species

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


    Section  1.  Section 11-0323 of the environmental conservation law, as
  amended by chapter 84 of the  laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
  follows:

  S 11-0323. Publication of Fish and Wildlife Law.
    1. The department shall compile and index each year after the adjourn-
  ment  of the legislature the laws relating to fish and wildlife, AS WELL
  AS INVASIVE SPECIES (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9-1703 OF THIS  CHAPTER),  as
  amended  to date. Copies of the compilation shall be printed in pamphlet
  form of pocket size in the number for which the legislature  may  appro-
  priate funds.
    2.  The  department  shall  also  prepare  a syllabus of such laws and
  information informing migratory game bird hunters where they can  obtain
  information  regarding  open  seasons  and bag limits [and], AND OF LAWS
  RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9-1703 OF THIS CHAP-
  TER). THE DEPARTMENT shall deliver copies OF SUCH  SYLLABUS  to  county,
  city,  town  and village clerks in numbers sufficient for the furnishing
  of one copy to each person  to  whom  a  hunting,  trapping  or  fishing
  license  is  issued. Each such licensee shall be entitled to one copy of
  such syllabus.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
  have become a law.



   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD13952-01-2