Bill Text: NY S04521 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4521 (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 (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-11-20 - SIGNED CHAP.484 [S04521 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04521-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4521--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
         -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
         and recommitted to said committee
       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.
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