STATUS:
S4948 ~THOMPSON ~~Same as A 4112 ~Brodsky (MS)~
Environmental Conservation Law
TITLE....Prohibits the taking of striped bass from the Hudson river for commercial purposes
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04/27/09 |
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION |
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05/05/09 |
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES |
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01/06/10 |
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION |
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BILL TEXT:
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4948
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 27, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. THOMPSON -- 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
prohibiting the taking of striped bass from the Hudson river for
commercial purposes; 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 11-1321 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
3 10. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
4 the taking of striped bass for commercial purposes from the Hudson river
5 is prohibited. Striped bass unintentionally taken contrary to any
6 provision of this article shall be returned to the water at once without
7 unnecessary injury.
8 (b) For purposes of this subdivision: (i) "Hudson river" means the
9 Hudson river from the George Washington bridge in New York city to the
10 federal dam at Troy, and tributary waters of that section of the river
11 from the tributary's mouth upstream to the first falls or other barrier
12 impassable to fish; and (ii) "taking of striped bass for commercial
13 purposes" means the taking of such fish, by any means, for purposes of
14 purchasing, selling, trading, or bartering such fish or offering or
15 exposing such fish for purchase, sale, trade, or barter.
16 (c) Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to prohibit the lawful
17 taking of striped bass by angling for recreational purposes.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
19 it shall have become a law; provided, however that the amendments made
20 by section one of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed April 1,
21 2013. Effective immediately any rules and regulations necessary for the
22 timely implementation of this act on its effective date may be promul-
23 gated on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07354-01-9
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