Senate Bill S5942A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S5942 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8180
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5910
2021-2022: S788

2023-S5942 - Summary

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

2023-S5942 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5942 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5942
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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
   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.
                                                            LBD02347-01-3

2023-S5942A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8180
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5910
2021-2022: S788

2023-S5942A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S5942A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5942A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5942--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to waiv-
   ing  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.  The opening paragraph of 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:
   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  fishing  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 excluding 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 trap-
 ping license; A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO IS A CERTIFIED 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 resident who is blind is
 entitled to receive a fishing license free of charge. For  the  purposes
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02347-02-3

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