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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 5922                                                  A. 8218
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 11, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT in relation to  the  management  and  conservation  of  horseshoe
          crabs; 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. As part of the management and conservation measures author-
     2  ized under subdivision 7 of section 13-0331 of the environmental conser-
     3  vation law as pertains to horseshoe crabs, the  department  of  environ-
     4  mental conservation shall consider the following:
     5    (a) the use of bait bags in whelk pots;
     6    (b)  the impacts of establishing seasons during spawning and nonspawn-
     7  ing seasons;
     8    (c) the impacts of establishing harvest limits based on sex; and
     9    (d) ecologically based consideration of harvest limits and  quotas  to
    10  include  factors  such  as  shore  bird consumption based on information
    11  collected and used by the Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    13  deemed repealed December 31, 2017.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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