What's happening
This bill allows Todd Wolffert to have his commercial fishing and crab permits reissued after they lapsed due to illness.
Why it matters
Addresses fairness for individuals facing major health crises. The bill recognizes that serious illness can prevent people from fulfilling regulatory requirements, and provides a pathway for those who recover to regain their livelihoods.
Prevents permanent loss of livelihood due to temporary hardship. By enabling reissuance of lapsed permits, it helps ensure that commercial fishers like Todd Wolffert are not unfairly barred from their profession due to circumstances beyond their control.
Sets a precedent for compassionate exceptions in licensing. This action could influence how future cases involving health-related lapses in professional licensing are handled, potentially benefiting others in similar situations.
Maintains financial responsibility with the individual. The bill specifies that the recipient must cover all costs associated with reinstating the permits, balancing compassion with fiscal responsibility.
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Reissue Fishing Licenses to Fisherman
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- Referred to environmental conservation
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Reissue Fishing Licenses to Wolffert
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Phil Boyle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10751
IN ASSEMBLY
May 16, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. PELLEGRINO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT authorizing the department of environmental conservation to reissue a commercial food fish license, commercial crab permit, and commercial whelk permit to Todd Wolffert
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the department of environmental conservation is hereby authorized to reissue the commercial food fish license obtained pursuant to sections 13-0328 and 13-0335 of the environmental conservation law, the commercial crab permit provided for by section 13-0331 of such law, and the commercial whelk permit provided for by section 13-0330 of such law to Todd Wolffert, West Islip, New York, who, for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, let his commercial food fish license, commercial crab permit, and commercial whelk permit lapse in 2015 after being diagnosed with a terminal illness, which he has since recovered from and who has attempted to recover such license and permits.
§ 2. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act shall be borne by Todd Wolffert.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15855-01-8
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