New York A 7607: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scallops

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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7607
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 19, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- 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 manage scallops
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13-0327 of the environmental conservation law, as
2 amended by chapter 256 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 § 13-0327. Scallops.
5 The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [twen-
6 ] , adopt by regulation measures for the management ofty-one twenty-four
7 scallops (Family Pectinidae) including size limits, catch and possession
8 limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the
9 manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility
10 therefor, recordkeeping and identification requirements, requirements on
11 the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relat-
12 ing to transportation, possession and sale, provided that such regu-
13 lations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in this
14 chapter.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11233-01-1