Assembly Bill A4600

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2021-A4600 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S788
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5910
2023-2024: S5942

2021-A4600 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders.

2021-A4600 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4600
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   waving fishing, hunting and trapping license fees  for  certain  first
   responders
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2  of  section  11-0715  of  the  environmental
 conservation law, as amended by section 4 of part R of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A  member  of  the  Shinnecock  tribe or the Poospatuck tribe or a
 member of the six nations, residing on any reservation wholly or  partly
 within  the  state,  is  entitled  to  receive  free of charge a fishing
 license, a hunting  license,  a  muzzle-loading  privilege,  a  trapping
 license,  and  a  bowhunting privilege; a resident of the state who is a
 member of the United States armed forces in active service  who  is  not
 stationed  within  the  state and has not been herein longer than thirty
 days on leave or furlough, is entitled to receive free of charge a fish-
 ing license, a hunting license, and a trapping license;  a  resident  of
 the  state who is an active member of the organized militia of the state
 of New York as defined by section  one  of  the  military  law,  or  the
 reserve components of the armed forces of the United States, and exclud-
 ing members of the inactive national guard and individual ready reserve,
 is  entitled  to  receive  free  of  charge a fishing license, a hunting
 license, and a trapping license; A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO IS A CERTI-
 FIED FIRST RESPONDER WHO WAS DISABLED AS A RESULT OF A  CERTIFIED  WORLD
 TRADE  CENTER  MEDICAL CONDITION IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A
 FISHING LICENSE, A HUNTING LICENSE, AND A TRAPPING LICENSE; and a  resi-
 dent  who  is  blind  is  entitled  to receive a fishing license free of
 charge. For the purposes of this subdivision a person is blind  only  if
 either:  (a)  his or her central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.