STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 7772--A A. 10146--A
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
May 12, 2016
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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 Environmental
Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- reported and
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
establishing a pilot program to conduct research and scientific
assessment of the feasibility of seaweed cultivation; 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:
1 Section 1. Section 13-0302 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
3 10. Suffolk county shall be authorized to allow the underwater lands
4 at Gardiner's and Peconic Bays within the shellfish cultivation zone to
5 be used for the implementation of a pilot program to conduct research
6 and scientific assessment of the feasibility of seaweed cultivation.
7 Such pilot program shall be limited to persons holding a lease from
8 Suffolk county for shellfish cultivation and shall be limited to a total
9 of five acres of such cultivation zone provided that any one person may
10 be authorized to conduct seaweed cultivation on no more than one acre of
11 the lease. Suffolk county shall provide a report to the legislature and
12 the department on the pilot program no later than January first, two
13 thousand twenty-six.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
15 deemed repealed on July 1, 2026.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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