Bill Text: NY A07118 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts active duty military personnel, both New York militia and members of the United States military, from taking required hunting courses for purposes of obtaining a hunting license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A07118 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A07118-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7118
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 20, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. REILLY, GUNTHER, GABRYSZAK -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. MAGEE,  MARKEY,  PRETLOW,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         exempting active duty military personnel from taking required  hunting
         courses for purposes of obtaining a hunting license
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph a of subdivision 3  of  section
    2  11-0713  of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 27
    3  of part F of chapter 82 of the laws  of  2002,  is  amended  and  a  new
    4  subparagraph 4 is added to read as follows:
    5    (3) a certificate of qualification in responsible hunting, responsible
    6  bowhunting  and responsible trapping practices, including safety, ethics
    7  and landowner-hunter relations, issued or  honored  by  the  department,
    8  pursuant to this subdivision[.]; OR
    9    (4)  PROOF  OF  MEMBERSHIP  IN  THE  MILITARY  FORCES  AND  ENGAGED IN
   10  FULL-TIME ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE  UNITED
   11  STATES BY A RESIDENT OF THE STATE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH:
   12    (A) "ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY" SHALL MEAN MILITARY DUTY IN OR WITH A FORCE
   13  OF  THE ORGANIZED MILITIA (NOT INCLUDING THE INACTIVE NATIONAL GUARD AND
   14  NOT INCLUDING THE NEW YORK GUARD WHEN IN AN INACTIVE STATUS) OR  IN  THE
   15  DIVISION  OF  MILITARY  AND NAVAL AFFAIRS OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF
   16  THE STATE; AND
   17    (B)  "ACTIVE  MILITARY  SERVICE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES"  SHALL  MEAN
   18  FULL-TIME  DUTY IN THE ARMY, NAVY (INCLUDING MARINE CORPS), AIR FORCE OR
   19  COAST GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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