Assembly Bill A2840

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides for the licensing of docking pilots in the waters of the port of New York and the ports of New Jersey and for criminal history checks of applicants

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2840 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-s, Exec L; add §§89 & 91-c, amd §95, Nav L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5221
2011-2012: A4730
2013-2014: A2364
2017-2018: A7289

2015-A2840 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the licensing of docking pilots in the waters of the port of New York and the ports of New Jersey and for criminal history checks of applicants for such licenses; requires the engagement of a Sandy Hook pilot or docking pilot in certain such waters; expands regulatory powers of board of commissioners of pilots regarding Sandy Hook pilots on such waters, and authorizes the board to issue photo identification cards to licensed pilots.

2015-A2840 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2840

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law and the navigation law, in relation to
  enhancing  the  security  within the port of New York and the ports of
  New Jersey to prevent acts of domestic terrorism and  licensing  pilo-
  tage upon the waters within such ports

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  837-s
to read as follows:
  S  837-S.  CRIMINAL  HISTORY  RECORDS  SEARCH FOR CERTAIN LICENSES FOR
PILOTAGE UPON THE WATERS WITHIN THE PORT OF NEW YORK AND  THE  PORTS  OF
NEW JERSEY. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  (A)  "BOARD"  SHALL  MEAN  THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF PILOTS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
  (B) "APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN A PERSON APPLYING FOR A LICENSE PURSUANT TO
SECTION  NINETY-ONE-C  OF  THE  NAVIGATION  LAW,  WHICH   REQUIRES   THE
SUBMISSION OF FINGERPRINTS.
  2.  AS  A  CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SUCH LICENSES, THE BOARD SHALL
OBTAIN TWO SETS OF THE APPLICANT'S FINGERPRINTS AND SUBMIT SUCH  FINGER-
PRINTS  TO THE DIVISION FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE CRIMINAL HISTORY
OF THE APPLICANT.
  3. THE FIRST SET OF FINGERPRINTS RECEIVED BY  THE  DIVISION  SHALL  BE
USED TO IDENTIFY THE APPLICANT AND TO CONDUCT A CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS
SEARCH  OF  THE  DIVISION'S NEW YORK STATE FILES TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR
NOT SUCH APPLICANT HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY IN THIS  STATE.  THE  DIVISION
SHALL  FORWARD  THE  SECOND  SET OF SUCH APPLICANT'S FINGERPRINTS TO THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF A NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL
HISTORY RECORD CHECK TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH APPLICANT HAS A  CRIMINAL
HISTORY IN ANY OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL JURISDICTION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03667-01-5

              

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