Assembly Bill A2005

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to certain commercial fishing and shellfish licenses and permits

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A2005 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0328, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10574

2023-A2005 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that where the total number of commercial food fish license, commercial crab permits, commercial whelk and conch licenses, and marine and coastal district party and charter boat license applications from persons who were not issued such license in the previous year exceeds the number of licenses that are available, the department of environmental conservation shall randomly select recipients of the available licenses from among those applications received by the first business day of the applicable license year; provides for a temporary authorization where in the event of a temporary emergency, a licensee or permittee may provide written authorization for a person to temporarily undertake any licensed activities on the licensee's or permittee's behalf; makes related provisions.

2023-A2005 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2005
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   certain  commercial  food  fish  licenses,  commercial  crab  permits,
   commercial    whelk or   conch   licenses, marine and coastal district
   party and charter boat licenses and certain  temporary  authorizations
   for certain licenses and permits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 1,  subpara-
 graph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 3, subparagraph (i) of paragraph
 c  of subdivision 4 and subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 5
 of section 13-0328 of the environmental conservation law, as amended  by
 chapter  760 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new subdivision 8 is
 added to read as follows:
   (i) [licenses shall be issued in the order in which  the  applications
 were  received,  except that where multiple applications are received by
 the department on the same day,] WHERE THE TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  COMMERCIAL
 FOOD  FISH  LICENSE  APPLICATIONS  FROM PERSONS WHO WERE NOT ISSUED SUCH
 LICENSE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR EXCEEDS THE NUMBER  OF  LICENSES  THAT  ARE
 AVAILABLE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL RANDOMLY SELECT RECIPIENTS OF THE AVAIL-
 ABLE  LICENSES FROM AMONG THOSE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE FIRST BUSI-
 NESS DAY OF THE APPLICABLE LICENSE YEAR, PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT  APPLI-
 CANTS  SHALL  RECEIVE  ONE  EXTRA ENTRY FOR EACH PREVIOUS YEAR THAT THEY
 APPLIED FOR SUCH LICENSE AND WERE NOT SELECTED, AND applicants for  whom
 the  department  has  received  notice  of  successful  completion of an
 apprenticeship pursuant to subdivision seven of this section  shall  [be
 considered  by  the  department  prior  to other applicants] RECEIVE ONE
 EXTRA ENTRY, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS  AUTHORIZED  TO
 ADOPT  REGULATIONS  TO  AMEND  OR  SUPPLEMENT  THIS  PROCESS FOR ISSUING
 COMMERCIAL FOOD FISH LICENSES;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05703-01-3

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