Senate Bill S2883

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits the transfer of a lifetime hunting license held by a person killed in combat to a family member

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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-S2883 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9065
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-0702, En Con L

2009-S2883 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the transfer of a lifetime hunting license held by a member of any military branch of the United States of America, who died in combat or while deployed for military purposes on or after September 11, 2001, to a family member.

2009-S2883 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2883 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2883

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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  the
  transfer  of lifetime hunting licenses held by military members killed
  in combat

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

  Section  1.  Section  11-0702 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A. A LIFETIME LICENSE MAY BE TRANSFERRED  TO  THE  SPOUSE,  SIBLING,
HALF-SIBLING,  STEP-SIBLING,  PARENT,  CHILD OR STEP-CHILD OF A NEW YORK
STATE RESIDENT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF ANY MILITARY  BRANCH  OF  THE  UNITED
STATES  OF AMERICA AND WHO DIED IN COMBAT OR WHILE DEPLOYED FOR MILITARY
PURPOSES. THE EXECUTOR OR  EXECUTRIX  OF  THE  ESTATE  OF  THE  DECEASED
LICENSE HOLDER, OR OTHER PERSON APPOINTED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURIS-
DICTION  TO ADMINISTER THE ESTATE MAY DESIGNATE THE TRANSFEREE (PROVIDED
THE TRANSFEREE  IS  THE  SPOUSE,  SIBLING,  HALF-SIBLING,  STEP-SIBLING,
PARENT,  CHILD OR STEP-CHILD OF THE DECEASED), UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE WAS
DESIGNATED IN ANY VALID WILL OF THE DECEDENT.
  S 2. To the extent that the estate of  any  lifetime  hunting  license
holder  has  been administered and any necessary actions to the adminis-
tration of the estate have  been  completed,  the  commissioner  of  the
department  of  environmental conservation is authorized to transfer any
applicable license pursuant to the provisions of this act, first to  the
spouse  of  any  such  person  then  to  the child or step-child of such
person, then to a sibling or step-sibling of such person,  then  to  the
parent  or  parents of such person (and if there be more than one person
in each category who wishes personally or through their guardian  to  be
considered  for  the  license then such commissioner shall determine who
shall receive the license). Any request for a license transfer  pursuant
to  the  provisions  of  this  act  for persons having died prior to the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10080-01-9

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