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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S6038
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2011-S6038 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S6038 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6038 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fees charged for certain hunting, fishing and trapping licenses PURPOSE: This legislation would amend the current fee structure to allow certified DEC Sportsman Education Instructors to receive a free Resident Super-Sportsman License. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would amend the Environmental Conservation Law to entitle DEC instructors to receive a free Resident Super-Sportsman License, in years which they record 20 or more hours of service, and only if they have volunteered for the past three consecutive years. JUSTIFICATION: Currently, these instructors have to go through a certification process and volunteer countless hours of their time and receive no compensation for their hard work. These instructors have a passion for their sport and have graciously volunteered their time to help prevent fatalities and reduce injuries associated with hunting. Often times, instructors are required to supply their own props or materials and all instructors donate their time and energy, all
2011-S6038 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6038 I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAZIARZ, BONACIC, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD, ZELDIN -- 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 fees charged for certain hunting, fishing and trapping licenses 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 section 3 of part KK of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 2. 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 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; a resident of the state who is 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 fish- ing license, a small and big game license, and a trapping license; [and] A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO FULLY CERTIFIES AS A SPORTSMAN EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR, ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHO RECORDS TWENTY OR MORE HOURS OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE PER-YEAR FOR THREE CONSEC- UTIVE YEARS, IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A RESIDENT SUPER-SPORTSMAN LICENSE; AND a resident who is blind is entitled to receive a fishing license free of charge. For the purposes of this subdivision a person is blind only if either: (a) his or her central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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