Senate Bill S2193

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of "immediate family" for the transfer of certain commercial fishing licenses

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation 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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2025-S2193 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0328, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6419
2015-2016: S4390
2017-2018: S4818
2019-2020: S3725
2021-2022: S5307
2023-2024: S2110

2025-S2193 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the provision that an immediate family member needs to be domiciled in the house of the license or permit holder for the purpose of commercial fishing license transfers.

2025-S2193 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2193
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- 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  the
   definition of "immediate family"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 6  of  section  13-0328  of  the
 environmental  conservation  law, as added by chapter 264 of the laws of
 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   d. For purposes of this  section,  "immediate  family"  shall  include
 spouse,  sibling,  parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, and, in addi-
 tion, all persons who are related by blood, marriage or adoption to  the
 LICENSE  OR  permit holder [and domiciled in the house of the license or
 permit holder].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
 licenses  or  permits  eligible  to  be re-issued under subdivision 6 of
 section 13-0328 of the environmental conservation law where the  license
 or  permit  holder  dies after January 1, 2013 before surrendering their
 license or permit to the department of  environmental  conservation  and
 the license or permit holder has designated in writing a member of their
 immediate  family,  as  defined  in section one of this act, to whom the
 license or permit may be re-issued.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06005-01-5

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