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3 Co-sponsors
History
- Recommit, enacting clause stricken
- Referred to environmental conservation
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BILL NUMBER:S3709
Title of bill
An act to amend section 9 of part AA of chapter 60 of the laws of 2011 amending the environmental conservation law, relating to saltwater recreational fishing registrations, in relation to making permanent the registration requirements for recreational saltwater fish- ing
Purpose
To make permanent the provisions for the registration require- ments for recreational saltwater fishing.
Summary of provisions
Section 9 of part AA of Chapter 60 of the Laws of 2011 amending the Environmental Conservation Law, relating to saltwater recreational fishing registrations is amended to remove the December 31, 2013 expiration date to make permanent the provisions for the registra- tion requirements for recreational saltwater fishing.
JUSTIFICATION:In 2009, the State broke 300 years of tradition and imposed a new license and fee for recreational saltwater fishing. Section 9 of part AA of Chapter 60 of the Laws of 2011 placed a two-year moratorium on the State's license fees and established a free registra- tion system for saltwater recreational fishing which is in compliance with the Federal Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act. It provided reciprocity for anglers licensed or registered in adjacent states who fish in New York's marine boundary waters. This moratorium is set to expire on December 31, 2013.
In order to stay in compliance with Federal law and not revert back to the unpopular recreational marine fishing license fee program estab- lished pursuant to section 6 of part LL of chapter 59 of the Laws of 2009, it is necessary to make permanent the recreational marine fishing registration program in New York State. The right to fish should be free.
Legislative history
2013: New Legislation
Fiscal implications
To be determined
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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