Senate Bill S9235

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-S9235 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2005
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-S9235 (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-S9235 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9235 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9235
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 7, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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 306 of the laws of 2023, 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;
   (i)  [permits  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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