Bill Text: NY A08085 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 8085 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides that honorably or generally discharged members of the U.S. armed forces need not meet the income requirements to be eligible for a license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-17 - substituted by s4521a [A08085 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A08085-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8085--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Environmental Conservation -- reported  and  referred  to
         the  Committee  on  Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         commercial food fish licenses
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraph (iv)  of  paragraph  c  of  subdivision  1  of
    2  section  13-0328  of  the  environmental conservation law, as amended by
    3  chapter 383 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (iv) licenses shall be issued only to persons  who  demonstrate  in  a
    5  manner  acceptable to the department that they received an average of at
    6  least fifteen thousand dollars of income over  three  consecutive  years
    7  from  commercial  fishing  or  fishing,  or  who successfully complete a
    8  commercial food fish apprenticeship pursuant  to  subdivision  seven  of
    9  this  section.  As used in this subparagraph, "commercial fishing" means
   10  the taking and sale of marine resources including fish, shellfish, crus-
   11  tacea or other marine biota and "fishing" means commercial  fishing  and
   12  carrying  fishing  passengers  for hire. Individuals who wish to qualify
   13  based on income from "fishing" must hold  a  valid  marine  and  coastal
   14  district party and charter boat license. No more than ten percent of the
   15  licenses  issued  each year based on income eligibility pursuant to this
   16  paragraph shall be issued to applicants who qualify  based  solely  upon
   17  income  derived  from  operation  of or employment by a party or charter
   18  boat.  FOR THE INCOME EVALUATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE DEPARTMENT MAY
   19  CONSIDER PERSONS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE BUT FOR  HAVING  SERVED
   20  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  ARMED FORCES ON ACTIVE DUTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
   21  INDIVIDUAL HAS RECEIVED AN HONORABLE OR GENERAL DISCHARGE, SHALL NOT  BE
   22  DEEMED INELIGIBLE.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11463-03-5