What's happening
This bill expands the definition of "immediate family" for re-issuing environmental licenses or permits after a holder's death.
Why it matters
Expands who qualifies as "immediate family". for the purposes of inheriting environmental licenses or permits, now including anyone related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the deceased holder, not just those living in the same household.
Facilitates smoother transfer of licenses/permits after a holder's death. , potentially reducing disruptions for family-run businesses or generational operations that rely on these environmental permissions.
Applies retroactively to deaths since 2013. , offering families who lost a license/permit holder in recent years new opportunities to have those licenses or permits re-issued to a broader group of relatives.
Reduces the risk of licenses being lost due to technicalities about household residency. , making it easier for families with members living apart (e.g., adult children or siblings not living together) to keep critical environmental permissions within the family.
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Broaden Fishing License Transfers
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- Referred to environmental conservation
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Expand Fishing License Transfers
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
S. 4818 A. 6313
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
March 2, 2017
IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the definition of "immediate family"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 13-0328 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 264 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
d. For purposes of this section, "immediate family" shall include spouse, sibling, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, and, in addition, all persons who are related by blood, marriage or adoption to the license or permit holder [and domiciled in the house of the license or permit holder].
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all licenses or permits eligible to be re-issued under subdivision 6 of section 13-0328 of the environmental conservation law where the license or permit holder dies after January 1, 2013 before surrendering his or her license or permit to the department of environmental conservation and the license or permit holder has designated in writing a member of his or her immediate family, as defined in section one of this act, to whom the license or permit may be re-issued.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09348-01-7
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