Senate Bill S4676

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to residents of the state who are active duty members of the U.S. armed forces regardless of duty station

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • 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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2009-S4676 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7479
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S796, A1909
2013-2014: S3900, A6011
2015-2016: S3058, A5292
2017-2018: S854, A4991
2019-2020: A5833
2021-2022: A8362
2023-2024: A2492

2009-S4676 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to residents of the state who are active duty members of the U.S. armed forces regardless of where such person is stationed.

2009-S4676 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4676 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4676

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to  free
  hunting,  fishing  and  trapping  licenses  to state residents who are
  active duty members of the United States armed services

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  11-0715 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by chapter 418 of  the  laws  of  2004,  is
amended to read as follows:
  2.  A  resident  in the state for thirty days immediately prior to the
date of application who has attained the age of seventy is  entitled  to
receive  all  licenses, stamps, tags, buttons, and permits authorized by
this title for which he or  she  is  eligible,  except  turkey  permits,
renewable  each  year  for a five dollar fee; a member of the Shinnecock
tribe or the Poospatuck tribe or a member of the six  nations,  residing
on  any  reservation  wholly  or partly within the state, is entitled to
receive free of charge a fishing license, a small and big game  license,
a  sportsman  license, a muzzle-loading stamp, a trapping license, and a
bow hunting stamp; a resident of the state who is a member of the United
States armed forces in active service [who is not] REGARDLESS  OF  WHERE
HE  OR SHE IS stationed [within the state and has not been herein longer
than thirty days on leave or furlough], is entitled to receive  free  of
charge  a  fishing license, a small and big game license, and a trapping
license; an active member of the organized militia of the state  of  New
York  as  defined  by  section  one  of the military law, or the reserve
components of the armed forces  of  the  United  States,  and  excluding
members  of the inactive national guard and individual ready reserve, is
entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a  small  and  big
game  license,  and  a  trapping license; and a resident who is blind is
entitled to receive a fishing license free of charge. For  the  purposes

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10827-01-9
              

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