Senate Bill S2215

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans

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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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2015-S2215 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4382
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-0702, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7469, A9439
2017-2018: S2579, A4465
2019-2020: S268
2021-2022: S1265
2023-2024: S3205

2015-S2215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.

2015-S2215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2215

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  providing  free  lifetime  licenses for honorably discharged, disabled
  veterans

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  11-0702 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by section 16 of part R of  chapter  58  of
the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  There  are hereby created the following lifetime hunting, fishing,
trapping,  archery  and  muzzle-loading  privileges  and  fees  therefor
subject  to  the  same  privileges and obligations of a comparable short
term license:

             Licenses                               Fees
      a. Lifetime license including a
      hunting license, fishing license
      and turkey permit. If purchased,
     for a  child four years
     of age or younger                              $380.00
      for a child age five through
     eleven years of age                            $535.00
      for a person age twelve through
     sixty-nine years of age                        $765.00
      for a person age seventy
      and over[.]                                   $65.00
      FOR A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN
      HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM
      SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02759-01-5

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