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NY S09235
Bill
Status
6/4/2024
Primary Sponsor
Monica Martinez
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AI Summary
- Changes license issuance from first-come, first-served basis to random selection when applications exceed available licenses for commercial food fish, crab, whelk/conch, and marine/coastal party and charter boat licenses
- Applicants receive one extra entry in the random selection for each previous year they applied but were not selected
- Applicants who complete an apprenticeship program receive one extra entry in the random selection process
- Authorizes the department to adopt regulations to amend or supplement the license issuance process for each license type
- Permits temporary authorization for a designated person to undertake licensed activities on behalf of a licensee or permittee during a temporary emergency, 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
6/4/2024