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                                  1918

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, ROBERTS, COOK, CROUCH, HAWLEY, SALADINO,
  BORELLI,  McLAUGHLIN, BARCLAY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CERET-
  TO, DUPREY, FINCH, GIGLIO, KATZ, MAGEE, OAKS, ROBINSON, STEC  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  protecting information on hunting, fishing and  trapping  license  and
  permit applications from disclosure outside of the department of envi-
  ronmental conservation

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2  of  section  11-0305  of  the  environmental
conservation law, as amended by section 1 of part D of chapter 61 of the
laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  2. To issue the licenses and permits provided for by law, to fix their
terms,  and  the  fees therefor, when no statutory provision is made, to
designate agents to sell and promote the  sale  of  licenses,  to  adopt
procedures  for  the  issuance  of licenses, to establish the design and
format of licenses and the  information  to  be  contained  thereon,  TO
PROTECT  FROM  DISCLOSURE  OR RELEASE INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO LICENSING
AGENTS OR THE DEPARTMENT BY PERSONS SEEKING TO OBTAIN A HUNTING, FISHING
OR TRAPPING LICENSE, PERMIT, STAMP, BUTTON OR TAG, CONSISTENT  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION 11-0713 OF THIS ARTICLE, to
provide where it deems  appropriate  for  tags  and  buttons,  to  adopt
license  conditions  respecting tagging or identifying fish and wildlife
being possessed or transported, to establish procedures and requirements
for reporting license sales  and  handling  and  remittance  of  license
revenues  by  persons  or entities issuing such licenses, to provide for
acceptable methods of payment of license fees, and  to  revoke  licenses
and permits as provided by law;
  S  2. Section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  INFOR-
MATION  PROVIDED  TO  A LICENSING AGENT OR THE DEPARTMENT BY A PERSON IN
FURTHERANCE OF SUCH PERSON'S OBTAINING A LICENSE, PERMIT, STAMP,  BUTTON
OR TAG ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED OR RELEASED
OUTSIDE  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT,  PROVIDED  THAT THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT
PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM SHARING SUCH INFORMATION WITH: LAW ENFORCE-
MENT PERSONNEL; OR STATE OR FEDERAL ENTITIES ENGAGED  IN  CHILD  SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT  AS AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OR REGU-
LATION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO  ENSURE  THAT  SUCH
INFORMATION  IS  PROTECTED FROM DISCLOSURE OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT, AS
PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.