Assembly Bill A5292

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides that persons with a disability shall be eligible to receive a fishing license for a reduced fee

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Current 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

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2025-A5292 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5907

2025-A5292 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that persons with a disability shall be eligible to receive a fishing license for five dollars.

2025-A5292 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5292
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIAVONI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   providing  for  persons  with a disability to be eligible to receive a
   fishing license for a reduced fee

   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 A DISABILITY, AS SUCH
 TERM IS DEFINED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A FISH-
 ING LICENSE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON IS ELIGIBLE, RENEWABLE EACH YEAR FOR A
 FIVE DOLLAR FEE.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD09132-01-5

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