This bill extends the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to manage deer and bear populations in the state until December 31, 2027. Under the new provisions, the department can set hunting seasons, bag limits, and special permits for both species based on population levels and habitat conditions. The legislation also allows for additional deer management permits in specific areas where the department determines extra harvest is needed to balance the herd with available food and range. These changes update existing rules that were previously set to expire earlier, ensuring continued regulatory flexibility for wildlife management.
This bill extends the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to manage scallop fisheries until December 31, 2027. Under this provision, the department can continue to set rules for scallop fishing, including size limits, catch quotas, seasonal closures, and gear restrictions. The changes apply to anyone involved in the scallop industry and take effect immediately upon signing.
This bill extends the expiration date for specific rules governing the management of migratory game birds from December 31, 2024, to December 31, 2027. The legislation directly impacts wildlife conservation efforts by ensuring that current administrative provisions remain in effect for an additional three years. By amending the relevant environmental conservation law, the bill allows existing frameworks for hunting and bird management to continue without interruption. Once signed into law, the changes take effect immediately, providing a clear timeline for when these specific regulations will eventually end.
This bill extends the expiration date of existing laws that limit the taking of sharks from December 31, 2024, to December 31, 2026. It directly affects individuals and entities currently subject to regulations regarding shark harvesting or interaction. The primary mechanism is a simple amendment to the legislative timeline, allowing current shark protection rules to remain in effect for an additional two years. Once signed into law, the provision takes effect immediately and supersedes the previous end date for these conservation measures.
This bill extends the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to manage American lobster fisheries until December 31, 2027. It allows the department to create new regulations for lobster landings in specific coastal areas based on recommendations from local conservation teams. The change updates the expiration date of existing management rules, ensuring that the state can continue to oversee lobster conservation efforts for several more years.
This bill extends the expiration date for a specific boating safety requirement from 2025 to 2027. It directly affects operators of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft who were required to complete safety courses under the previous timeline. The law allows the state parks commissioner to adjust the deadline if there are not enough available training courses to meet the demand. Additionally, the bill updates the effective dates for age-based exemptions, ensuring that the rules apply to all operators regardless of birth year starting January 1, 2004.
This bill extends the rules of the Security Guard Act of 1992 to cover facilities owned by public sports venues, ensuring that security personnel at these locations must meet the same standards as those at other regulated sites. The law applies immediately and is set to expire six years after it takes effect, requiring periodic renewal if the policy is to continue. By updating the existing legal framework, the measure directly affects security operations at public sports venues without changing the core requirements of the original act.
This bill extends the deadline for authorized sweepstakes used to fund subscriptions to "The Conservationist" magazine until August 1, 2027. Previously, the law allowed these promotions to expire on August 1, 2024, but this legislation updates that date to provide additional time for the magazine to utilize them. The change directly affects the organization responsible for the publication by altering the expiration date written into the state's environmental conservation law. Once signed, the new expiration date becomes the official limit for using these sweepstakes for subscription purposes.
Authorizes the town of East Hampton to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland for the purpose of a Suffolk County roadway improvement project.
This bill limits how much property tax base proportions can increase in Nassau and Suffolk counties for the 2024-2025 tax year. In Nassau County, approved assessing units must pass a local resolution to cap any single property class increase at one percent, while special assessing units in both counties face the same one percent limit without needing a separate vote. The legislation requires that if these caps are applied, local legislative bodies must adjust the proportions of other property classes to ensure the total tax rate remains at one hundred percent.
This bill extends the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to manage striped bass fishing until December 31, 2027. It allows the department to set regulations on fishing seasons, catch limits, gear restrictions, and other rules to protect the fish population. These new rules must be at least as strict as existing laws and must align with federal and regional fishery management plans. The change applies immediately to anyone fishing for striped bass in the state.
This bill extends the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to manage monkfish fishing until December 31, 2027. It allows the department to set regulations such as size limits, catch quotas, seasonal closures, and gear requirements for this species. These rules must remain consistent with existing state laws and federal fishery management plans. The changes apply immediately to commercial and recreational fishermen involved in monkfish harvesting.
