HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 779 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1850
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Josh S. Cutler and Patrick Joseph Kearney
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to provide economic security for fishing industry participants.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Josh S. Cutler | 6th Plymouth | 1/6/2023 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 1/20/2023 |
Antonio F. D. Cabral | 13th Bristol | 2/2/2023 |
Carol A. Doherty | 3rd Bristol | 2/2/2023 |
Bud L. Williams | 11th Hampden | 2/23/2023 |
Vanna Howard | 17th Middlesex | 2/27/2023 |
Shirley B. Arriaga | 8th Hampden | 2/28/2023 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 779 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1850
By Representatives Cutler of Pembroke and Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1850) of Josh S. Cutler, Patrick Joseph Kearney and others for legislation to authorize the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development to analyze the economic disruption and harm to the financial stability of those engaged in commercial fishing in the Commonwealth. Labor and Workforce Development. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1951 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to provide economic security for fishing industry participants.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1 - Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Division of Marine Fisheries , is hereby authorized and directed to analyze the economic disruption and harm to the financial stability of those engaged in commercial fishing in the Commonwealth that results from the inability to earn income as a result of state and federal regulatory actions including but not limited to area closures, gear restrictions, and time limitations, and to develop a plan to mitigate such harm through mechanisms such as modifications to the state's unemployment insurance system to take into account the particular circumstances resulting from such regulatory actions.
Section 2 - In carrying out the provisions of section 1 the Secretary shall take into account the economic hardship occurring as a result of seasonal closures in the commercial lobster fishery for the purpose of preventing harm to North Atlantic Right Whales, in addition to other seasonal closures presently in place or which may occur in the future.
Section 3 - The Secretary shall file any plan developed pursuant to this act, together with any legislative recommendations to carry it out, with the clerks of the House and Senate not later than April 1, 2022.