Bill Text: NY A00880 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A00880 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A00880-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 880--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, PALMESANO, BRABENEC -- read once and referred 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 providing free lifetime licenses for honorably discharged, disabled veterans The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0702 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as amended by section 16 of part R of chapter 58 of 3 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 4 1. There are hereby created the following lifetime hunting, fishing, 5 trapping, archery and muzzle-loading privileges and fees therefor 6 subject to the same privileges and obligations of a comparable short 7 term license: 8 Licenses Fees 9 a. Lifetime license including a 10 hunting license, fishing license 11 and turkey permit. If purchased, 12 for a child four years 13 of age or younger $380.00 14 for a child age five through 15 eleven years of age $535.00 16 for a person age twelve through 17 sixty-nine years of age $765.00 18 for a person age seventy 19 and over[.] $65.00 20 for a person who has been 21 honorably discharged from EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04104-04-9A. 880--A 2 1 service in the armed forces of the 2 United States and is certified 3 as having a forty percent or 4 greater service-connected disability. $0.00 5 b. Lifetime hunting license. $535.00 6 c. Lifetime fishing 7 license for a person age 8 sixty-nine or younger. $460.00 9 d. Lifetime fishing license 10 for a person age seventy 11 and over. $ 65.00 12 e. Lifetime trapping 13 license. $395.00 14 f. Lifetime archery privilege. $235.00 15 g. Lifetime muzzle-loading privilege. $235.00 16 h. For transfer to a person pursuant 17 to section 11-0704 of this title. 18 $50.00 19 The holder of a lifetime hunting license or lifetime fishing license 20 may, at any time, convert such license to a lifetime license pursuant to 21 paragraph a of this subdivision for an additional fee equal to the 22 difference between the current fee for the new license and the fee 23 originally paid for the license. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.