STATE OF NEW YORK
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9451
IN ASSEMBLY
April 30, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. OTIS, SWEENEY, THIELE, PEOPLES-STOKES, ZEBROWSKI,
ROSENTHAL, TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENEDETTO, COOK,
CRESPO, MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
mental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
extending the authority of the department of environmental conserva-
tion to manage oysters
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 13-0323 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 431 of the laws of 2011, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 3. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand
5 [fourteen] sixteen, fix by regulation measures for the management of
6 oysters (Family Ostreidae) including size limits, catch and possession
7 limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the
8 manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility
9 therefor, recordkeeping and identification requirements, requirements on
10 the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relat-
11 ing to transportation, possession and sale, provided that such regu-
12 lations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in this
13 chapter.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13960-02-4
