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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
            S. 3884--A                                            A. 5421--A
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 26, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
          Conservation  -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
          vation  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  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 -- recommitted  to  the
          Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation in accordance with Assembly
          Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
          taking of sharks; 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  13-0338 of the environmental conservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:

     3    5. Sharks, excluding spiny dogfish, shall not be taken for  commercial
     4  or  recreational  purposes by baited hooking except with the use of non-
     5  stainless steel non-offset circle hooks. In addition,  no  person  shall
     6  conduct,  sponsor  or  participate  in  any shark tournament unless said
     7  tournament's rules and regulations require the  exclusive  use  of  non-
     8  stainless steel non-offset circle hooks.
     9    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    10  deemed repealed December 31, 2016.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08441-03-4