STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 1590 A. 1893
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 13, 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 Environmental
Conservation
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
use of spears, spearguns or underwater guns in recreational and
commercial bass fishing
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13-0347 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. The taking of striped bass by the use of spears, spearguns or
4 underwater guns shall be authorized for recreational and commercial
5 purposes. For the purposes of this subdivision, "speargun" and "under-
6 water gun" means any speargun that stores potential energy provided from
7 the spearfisher's muscles only and is used while submerged under the
8 water. Such gun may only release that amount of energy that the diver
9 has provided to it from such diver's own muscles. Common temporary ener-
10 gy storing devices for spearguns shall include, but not be limited to:
11 rubber bands, springs, and sealed air chambers.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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