S 10045 NY
Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas
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Summary
This bill extends the authority of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish, and crustacea in special management areas by amending the Environmental Conservation Law. The bill changes the expiration date of the Department's authority from December 31, 2026, to December 31, 2029, extending it for an additional three years. The authority includes the ability to adopt regulations restricting the manner of taking and landing of fish, shellfish, and crustacea in designated special management areas, provided such regulations are consistent with applicable federal and interstate fisheries management plans. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Official abstract
Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas.
Sponsor (1)
- Nathalia Fernandez Democratic · primary
Action history (11)
- Apr 24, 2026 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION · upper
- May 5, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.957 · upper
- May 6, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 7, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 13, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 13, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 13, 2026 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION · lower
- May 28, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A11442 · lower
- May 28, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.208 · lower
- May 28, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
- May 28, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10045 Summary: BILL NO S10045   SAME AS SAME AS A11442
  SPONSOR FERNANDEZ   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §13-0360, En Con L   Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10045
IN SENATE
April 24, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- (at request of the Department of Envi- ronmental 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 restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 13-0360 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 315 of the laws of 2023, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department 5 may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [ twenty-six ] twenty-nine , 6 adopt regulations restricting the taking of fish, shellfish and crusta- 7 cea in any special management area designated pursuant to subdivision 8 two of this section. Such regulations may restrict the manner of taking 9 of fish, shellfish and crustacea in such areas and the landing of fish, 10 shellfish and crustacea which have been taken therefrom. Such regu- 11 lations shall be consistent with all relevant federal and interstate 12 fisheries management plans and with the marine fisheries conservation 13 and management policy set forth in section 13-0105 of this article. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15001-01-6
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