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N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-0913: Reciprocal enforcement of violations in boundary waters

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  1. Environmental Conservation Law
  2. Article 71. Enforcement
  3. Title 9. Enforcement of Articles 11 and 13--the Fish and Wildlife Law

§ 71-0913. Reciprocal enforcement of violations in boundary waters.

If and when the state of Vermont, or the state of New Jersey, or the

state of Pennsylvania, or the state of Connecticut, or the state of

Rhode Island, as the case may be, shall enact a similar law for the

arrest and punishment of violations of the conservation law or fish laws

of such state or of the provisions listed in section 71-0501 or under

titles 5 through 15 inclusive and title 33 of this article, committed or

attempted by any person fishing in any waters or parts thereof lying

between such state and the state of New York, any conservation officer

or other person, who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the

conservation or fish laws of such state or of the provisions listed in

section 71-0501 or under titles 5 through 15 inclusive and title 33 of

this article, shall have power and authority to make arrests on any part

of such waters between such state and the State of New York, or the

shores thereof, and to take the person so arrested for trial to the

state in which the violation was committed and there to prosecute him

according to the laws of such state.

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