Assembly Bill A7479

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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  • 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-A7479 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4676
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1909, S796
2013-2014: A6011, S3900
2015-2016: A5292, S3058
2017-2018: A4991, S854
2019-2020: A5833
2021-2022: A8362
2023-2024: A2492

2009-A7479 (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-A7479 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7479

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred 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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