NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4576

Senate Bill S4576

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to environmental conservation
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2019-S4576 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6524
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §11-0327, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S3327, A6519

2019-S4576 (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.

2019-S4576 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4576

SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
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 BILL:

The purpose of this legislation is 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. 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, which may be evidenced by the holding of a
valid NYS hunting, fishing or trapping license.

Section 2. Establishes the effective date.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

This portion of this memorandum is not applicable at this time.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Environmental Conservation Law currently states that a person desig-
nated or appointed to the advisory board must demonstrate a "long-stand-
ing." 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 recommen-
dations to state agencies on state government plans, policies, and
programs affecting fish and wildlife. These broad and importance 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 trap-
ping.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A. 6519 and S. 3327 of 2017/2018

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

There are no fiscal implications associated with the passage of this
legislation.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S4576 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4576
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. MARTINEZ, MAYER -- 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.
                                                            LBD08329-01-9

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Monica R. Martinez