NY State Senate Bill 2011-S6729

Senate Bill S6729

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the department of environmental conservation to issue documentation of hunter safety course completion

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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
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 07, 2012	referred to environmental conservation delivered to assembly passed senate
May 01, 2012	advanced to third reading
Apr 30, 2012	2nd report cal.
Apr 26, 2012	1st report cal.596
Mar 14, 2012	referred to environmental conservation

Votes

- May 7, 2012 - Floor Vote
  S6729
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 7, 2012
      
      aye (61)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Alesi
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Huntley
      
      Johnson
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      McDonald
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Saland
      
      Sampson
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
  Apr 26, 2012 - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote
  S6729
  
  14
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2012
      
      aye (14)
      
      Avella
      
      Espaillat
      
      Grisanti
      
      Johnson
      
      LaValle
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Perkins
      
      Serrano
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Young

2011-S6729 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9628
Current Committee:: Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §11-0713, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S91, A2350
2015-2016: A479

2011-S6729 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of environmental conservation to issue documentation of hunter safety course completion.

2011-S6729 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6729

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the
environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring the department
of environmental conservation to issue documentation of hunter safety
course completion

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to allow sportsmen and women who have
previously completed the approved NYS DEC hunter safety course the
ability to get a replacement certificate if it has been lost or
destroyed without having to retake the hunter safety course. In order
to get a hunting license in New York, an individual must product a
valid hunter safety course certificate or a previous hunting license.
The NYS DEC does not maintain records prior to 1980 which would
provide a record of the individual's satisfactorily completing hunter
safety course prior to 1980 should one be lost or destroyed. This
bill would allow the NYS DEC to issue a replacement Hunter Safety
Course Certificate based upon the individual possessing a current or
expired NYS DEC issued hunting license.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Amends Section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law by adding
a new subdivision 7.

JUSTIFICATION:
The primary reason for the bill is to assist those sportsmen and women
who have been hunting accident-free since their original date of
hunter safety course completion to obtain a replacement safety
certificate without having to retake the hunter safety course. There
has been a number of instances where a hunter has applied to another
state for a hunting license and one will not be issued without proof
that a hunter safety course certificate was issued. If the hunter has
lost the certificate, a current hunting license will not suffice for
proof of safety course. This bill would allow people who lost their
certificate to obtain a replacement without having to re-take the
course based on the presumption that the safety course was completed
due to their possession of a NYS hunting license. This bill is
limited in scope to those who acquired the Hunter Safety Course
Certificate prior to 1980 and allows a remedy for those who already
possess a hunting license, but who cannot produce a hunter safety
course certificate.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the hundred eightieth day after it shall
become a law.

2011-S6729 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6729

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 14, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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
  requiring  the  department  of  environmental  conservation  to  issue
  documentation of hunter safety course completion

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

  Section  1.   Section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7. A PERSON WHO HOLDS A LICENSE OR STAMP  AUTHORIZING  THE  HOLDER  TO
HUNT,  FISH, OR TRAP AND WHO HAS LOST OR ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED DOCUMEN-
TATION DEMONSTRATING COMPLETION OF A HUNTER SAFETY COURSE AS REQUIRED TO
OBTAIN SUCH A LICENSE OR STAMP MAY REQUEST  THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  PROVIDE
DOCUMENTATION  OF  THE  COMPLETION  OF SUCH A HUNTER SAFETY COURSE.  THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE STATING THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
APPLICANT AND THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED  A  HUNTER
SAFETY  COURSE  AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO OBTAIN A LICENSE
OR STAMP AUTHORIZING THE HOLDER TO HUNT, FISH, OR TRAP.  THE  DEPARTMENT
MAY CHARGE A REASONABLE FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH A CERTIFICATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14838-01-2

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