New York A 5181: Relates to management, development, and funding of the commercial shellfish aquaculture industry

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A05181 Summary:

BILL NOA05181 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRMcDonough, Lemondes

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L; amd §§13-0105 & 13-0350, En Con L; amd §83, St Fin L

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Relates to the management, development, and funding of the commercial shellfish aquaculture industry; establishes a director of aquacultural and maricultural resources position in the department of agriculture and markets.

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BILL NOA05181 

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02/12/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5181

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, the environmental
 conservation law, and the state finance law, in relation to management
 and development of the commercial shellfish aquaculture industry

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 16 of the agriculture and
 2 markets law, as added by chapter 124 of the laws of 1983, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 2-a. [Aid] Establish a director of aquacultural and maricultural
 5 resources position to aid, in cooperation with the department of econom-
 6 ic development, in the promotion and marketing of finfish and shellfish
 7 derived from commercial fishing or aquacultural activities and cooperate
 8 with fishing and aquaculture associations or corporations organized for
 9 any or all such purposes.
 10 § 2. Subparagraph 7 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section
 11 13-0105 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 365
 12 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 13 (7) the state shall investigate and encourage the development of aqua-
 14 culture of economically important species, including but not limited to
 15 shellfish, both to relieve pressure on and enhance wild stocks and to
 16 provide economic opportunity and support the growth of industries
 17 involved with aquaculture, mariculture, or the commercial and recre-
 18 ational harvesting of marine resources;
 19 § 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 13-0350 of the environ-
 20 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 365 of the laws of 1994,
 21 is amended to read as follows:
 22 (d) To assist the department's efforts to expand the available sources
 23 of income for the marine resources account and advise the department
 24 with respect to the needs of those industries involved with the commer-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08507-01-5

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 1 cial and recreational harvesting of marine resources, including but not
 2 limited to the commercial shellfish aquaculture industry.
 3 § 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph 2 and subparagraph (i) of paragraph
 4 3 of subdivision (a) of section 83 of the state finance law, as amended
 5 by chapter 512 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as follows:
 6 (i) Moneys collected pursuant to [sections 13-0301, 13-0311 and
 7 13-0315] article thirteen of the environmental conservation law and all
 8 fines and penalties collected pursuant to article seventy-one of such
 9 law for illegal acts relating to shellfish shall be deposited in a
 10 special account within the conservation fund, to be known as the marine
 11 resources account, and shall be available to the department of environ-
 12 mental conservation, after appropriation, for:
 13 (A) the care, management, protection and enlargement of marine fish
 14 and shellfish resources; and
 15 (B) the development of industries involved with the commercial and
 16 recreational harvesting of marine resources, including but not limited
 17 to the commercial shellfish aquaculture industry.
 18 (i) Moneys arising out of the application of article thirteen of the
 19 environmental conservation law shall be deposited in a special account
 20