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A02574 Summary:

A02574 Actions:

A02574 Committee Votes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   Chair:Englebright      
DATE:01/29/2019AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Englebright
Aye
Stec
Aye
Glick
Aye
Raia
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Miller ML
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Miller B 
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Tague
Aye
Gunther
Aye
LiPetri
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Crespo
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Otis
Aye
Williams
Aye
Barrett
Aye
D'Urso
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Burke
Excused
Griffin
Aye
Romeo
Aye
Epstein
Aye

A02574 Floor Votes:

A02574 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2574
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 23, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          extending  the  authority of the department of environmental conserva-
          tion to fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  13-0331 of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as amended by chapter 447 of  the  laws  of  2017,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    7.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
     5  [eighteen] twenty, fix by regulation  measures  for  the  management  of
     6  crabs  of  any  kind  including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.), including
     7  size limits, catch and  possession  limits,  open  and  closed  seasons,
     8  closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, require-
     9  ments  for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements,
    10  requirements on the amount and type of  fishing  effort  and  gear,  and
    11  requirements  relating  to transportation, possession and sale, provided
    12  that such regulations are no  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set
    13  forth  in  this  chapter  and provided further that such regulations are
    14  consistent  with  the  compliance  requirements  of  applicable  fishery
    15  management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis-
    16  sion  and with applicable provisions of fishery management plans adopted
    17  pursuant to the Federal Fishery  Conservation  and  Management  Act  (16
    18  U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07815-01-9