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                                    895
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, COOK, CROUCH, HAWLEY, SALADINO, McLAUGH-
   LIN,  BARCLAY, FRIEND -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FINCH, GIGLIO,
   LOPEZ, MAGEE, OAKS, 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;
   § 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.