NY State Senate Bill 2017-S3327

Senate Bill S3327

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to qualifications for individuals designated or appointed to the conservation fund advisory board

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to environmental conservation
Jan 20, 2017	referred to environmental conservation

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2017-S3327 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §11-0327, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S4576

2017-S3327 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to qualifications for individuals designated or appointed to the conservation fund advisory board, no longer requiring that such individuals hold a valid New York state hunting, fishing or trapping license at the time they are designated or appointed to such board and for each of the three years immediately preceding their designation.

2017-S3327 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3327

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the environmental conservation law,
in relation to qualifications for individuals designated or appointed
to the conservation fund advisory board

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL :

To make optional the requirement that all members of the Conservation
Fund Advisory Board possess a valid hunting, trapping, or fishing
license.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill establishes that a valid New York hunting,
fishing or trapping license may be sufficient to meet appointment or
designation requirements, but that such a license is not required.

Section 2 sets forth an immediate effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Section 1, paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 11-0327 of the
environmental conservation law currently states that a person
designated or appointed to the advisory board must demonstrate a
"long-standing interest, knowledge, and experience in fish and

wildlife management." As the law is written, the appointee or designee
can only satisfy these requirements if they have a valid New York
hunting, fishing, or trapping license.

While such a hunting, fishing, or trapping license may indicate
long-standing interest, knowledge, and experience in fish and wildlife
management, the law excludes from appointment or designation a wide
variety of individuals with ample experience in wildlife management
who, simply because they lack such a license, may not sit on the
board.

The purpose of the conservation fund advisory board is to make
recommendations to state agencies on state government plans, policies,
and programs affecting fish and wildlife. These broad and important
goals can be more adequately met by making the mandatory hunting,
fishing, or trapping license requirement discretionary, thereby
diversifying the board with appointees and designees of equally
substantial interest, knowledge, and experience beyond the scope of
hunting, fishing, or trapping.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S3327 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3327
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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 qual-
   ifications for individuals designated or appointed to the conservation
   fund advisory board

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 1 of section 11-0327 of the
 environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 308 of the  laws  of
 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Persons  designated or appointed to the advisory board, excluding
 ex officio members, shall have demonstrated  a  long-standing  interest,
 knowledge  and  experience  in  fish  and wildlife management, including
 hunting or fishing, [as] WHICH MAY BE evidenced [in part] by the holding
 of a valid New York state hunting, fishing or trapping  license  at  the
 time  they are designated or appointed to such board and for each of the
 three years immediately preceding their designation  or  appointment  to
 such  board.   One member, who may not be an ex officio member, shall be
 elected chairman of the advisory board by a majority vote of the members
 of such board, excluding ex officio members.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06808-01-7

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