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A03591 Summary:

BILL NOA03591B
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORSchiavoni
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §13-0328, En Con L
 
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.
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A03591 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3591--B
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 28, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIAVONI  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental  Conservation  in
          accordance  with  Assembly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- again reported from said
          committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommit-
          ted to said committee
 
        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
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 1, subpara-
     2  graph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 3, subparagraph (i) of paragraph
     3  c of subdivision 4 and subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision  5
     4  of  section 13-0328 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by
     5  chapter 306 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
     6    (i) [licenses shall be issued in the order in which  the  applications
     7  were  received,  except that where multiple applications are received by
     8  the department on the same day,] where the total  number  of  commercial
     9  food  fish  license  applications  from persons who were not issued such
    10  license in the previous year exceeds the number  of  licenses  that  are
    11  available, the department shall randomly select recipients of the avail-
    12  able  licenses from among those applications received by the first busi-
    13  ness day of the applicable license year, provided  however  that  appli-
    14  cants  shall  receive  one  extra entry for each previous year that they
    15  applied for such license and were not selected, and applicants for  whom
    16  the  department  has  received  notice  of  successful  completion of an
    17  apprenticeship pursuant to subdivision seven of this section  shall  [be

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02765-06-6

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     1  considered  by  the  department  prior  to other applicants] receive one
     2  extra entry;
     3    (i)  [permits  shall  be issued in the order in which the applications
     4  were received, except that where multiple applications are  received  by
     5  the  department  on  the same day,] where the total number of commercial
     6  crab permit applications from persons who were not issued such permit in
     7  the previous year exceeds the number of permits that are available,  the
     8  department  shall  randomly  select  recipients of the available permits
     9  from among those applications received by the first business day of  the
    10  applicable  permit  year, provided however that applicants shall receive
    11  one extra entry for each previous year that they applied for such permit
    12  and were not selected,  and  applicants  for  whom  the  department  has
    13  received  notice  of successful completion of an apprenticeship pursuant
    14  to subdivision seven of this section shall [be considered by the depart-
    15  ment prior to other applicants] receive one extra entry;
    16    (i) [licenses shall be issued in the order in which  the  applications
    17  were  received,  except that where multiple applications are received by
    18  the department on the same day,] where the total  number  of  commercial
    19  whelk or conch permit applications from persons who were not issued such
    20  permit  in  the  previous  year  exceeds  the number of permits that are
    21  available, the department shall randomly select recipients of the avail-
    22  able permits from among those applications received by the  first  busi-
    23  ness day of the applicable permit year, provided however that applicants
    24  shall  receive  one extra entry for each previous year that they applied
    25  for such permit and were not  selected,  and  applicants  for  whom  the
    26  department  has  received  notice of successful completion of an appren-
    27  ticeship pursuant to subdivision seven of this section shall [be consid-
    28  ered by the department prior to  other  applicants]  receive  one  extra
    29  entry;
    30    (i)  [licenses  shall be issued in the order in which the applications
    31  were received] where the total number of  marine  and  coastal  district
    32  party  and  charter  boat license applications from persons who were not
    33  issued such license in the previous year exceeds the number of  licenses
    34  that  are  available, the department shall randomly select recipients of
    35  the available licenses from among those  applications  received  by  the
    36  first business day of the applicable license year, provided however that
    37  applicants  shall  receive  one  extra entry for each previous year that
    38  they applied and were not selected;
    39    § 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2026 and shall  apply  to
    40  all  licenses  or  permits issued on or after January 1, 2027; provided,
    41  however, no extra entry for each previous year a license or  permit  was
    42  applied  for  and  not  selected shall be considered if such application
    43  occurred prior to January 1, 2018.
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