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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 14, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Schiavoni)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
tion
AN ACT to amend chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 amending the environ-
mental conservation law relating to defining spearguns and allowing
recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters, in
relation to extending the effectiveness thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 amending the
environmental conservation law relating to defining spearguns and allow-
ing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters,
as amended by chapter 149 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 1, [2026]
2029.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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