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NY A10574
Bill
Status
7/6/2022
Primary Sponsor
Fred Thiele
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AI Summary
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Replaces first-come, first-served licensing with random selection for commercial food fish licenses, crab permits, whelk/conch licenses, and party/charter boat licenses when applications exceed available licenses.
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Applicants receive one additional entry in the random selection for each previous year they applied but were not selected.
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Applicants who completed an apprenticeship receive one extra entry in the random selection process.
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Authorizes the Department of Environmental Conservation to adopt regulations to amend or supplement the licensing processes.
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Allows licensees or permittees to provide written authorization for another person to temporarily conduct licensed activities during emergencies, subject to department approval and regulations.
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
referred to environmental conservation
7/6/2022