NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7676

Senate Bill S7676

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that persons with a medically diagnosed developmental disability shall be eligible to receive a fishing license free of charge

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Jan 06, 2022	referred to environmental conservation

2021-S7676 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S3116

2021-S7676 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that persons with a medically diagnosed developmental disability shall be eligible to receive a fishing license free of charge and shall not be required to pay a fee.

2021-S7676 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7676

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
providing for persons with a medically diagnosed developmental disabili-
ty to be eligible to receive a fishing license free of charge

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Authorizes free recreational fishing licenses to individuals with an
intellectual or developmental disability.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

     1. Amends section 11-0715 of the environmental conservation law to
     allow for individuals with an intellectual or developmental
     disability to receive a yearly fishing license without charge

     2. Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The department of environmental conservation currently offers several
types of free and reduced fee sporting licenses to individuals who are
active duty military, military veterans with a 40% or more service
related disability, individuals 15 years of age and under, seniors,
native americans of select tribes, full-time non residents students at a
New York college/university, and persons with a disability. The current
free fishing license for individuals with a disability however, only
applies to citizens who are legally blind.

This legislation expands the current free and reduced sporting licenses
to be inclusive of more individuals with a disability by including any
individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability (UDD).
Providing free fishing licenses to individuals with an I/DD will allow
these individuals to get out in their community and connect with nature
while learning new skills.

The current fee for each individual to obtain a recreational fishing
license is $25 per person, per year. For a family of four, this expense
adds up quickly. Expanding the free sporting licenses to individuals
with disabilities will foster a lifelong passion and appreciation for
the outdoors. The fishing licenses provided would be for recreational
fishing and would not allow an individual to sell caught fish.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

TBD.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
120 days after becoming law

2021-S7676 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7676
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- 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
   providing  for  persons with a medically diagnosed developmental disa-
   bility to be eligible to receive a fishing license free of charge

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  11-0715 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A. A PERSON, RESIDENT IN THE STATE FOR AT LEAST  THIRTY  DAYS  IMME-
 DIATELY  PRIOR  TO THE DATE OF APPLICATION, WHO HAS BEEN MEDICALLY DIAG-
 NOSED WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, AS DEFINED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 1.03  OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A
 FISHING LICENSE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE, RENEWABLE EACH YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11903-01-1

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