New York S 7767: Relates to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage fish

Status: SUBSTITUTED BY A8428 (as of 2025-06-04)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 7767

Sponsors: Rachel May

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S07767 Summary:

BILL NOS07767 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08428

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §11-1303, En Con L

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Extends provisions of law relating to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix by regulation open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking fish from December 31, 2025 until December 31, 2028.

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BILL NOS07767 

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05/06/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1058

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/04/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A8428

&nbspA08428 AMEND= Meeks

&nbsp05/15/2025referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/21/2025reported 

&nbsp05/21/2025rules report cal.250

&nbsp05/21/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.250

&nbsp05/21/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/21/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/21/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

&nbsp06/04/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S7767

&nbsp06/04/20253RD READING CAL.1058

&nbsp06/04/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp07/29/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp07/29/2025signed chap.198

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7767

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- (at request of the Department of Environmental
 Conservation) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
 be committed 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 manage fish

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 11-1303 of the environmental conservation law, as
 2 amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 11-1303. Open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking fish
 5 fixed by regulation.
 6 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department
 7 may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-five] twenty-
 8 eight, fix by regulation open seasons, size and catch limits and manner
 9 of taking of all species of fish in all waters of the state, except
 10 marine fish named in subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 13-0339 of this
 11 chapter and except to the extent that such open seasons, size and catch
 12 limits and manner of taking are otherwise specifically provided for in
 13 article 13 of this chapter.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09951-01-5

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