Bill Text: NY A08131 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to veteran access to free sport fishing days; relates to veteran access to free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to ways and means [A08131 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08131-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8131

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 3, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          veteran access to free sport fishing days; and in relation to  veteran
          access to free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 14 of  section  11-0305  of  the  environmental
     2  conservation  law,  as amended by section 24 of part EE of chapter 55 of
     3  the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     4    14. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the commission-
     5  er may designate no more than eight days in  each  year  that  shall  be
     6  effective  in  every  administrative  region  of the department, as free
     7  sport fishing days during which any person may, without having  a  sport
     8  fishing  license and without the payment of any fee, exercise the privi-
     9  leges of a holder of a sport fishing license,  subject  to  all  of  the
    10  limitations,  restrictions,  conditions,  laws,  rules  and  regulations
    11  applicable to the holder of a sport fishing license. Free sport  fishing
    12  days  shall  be  designated  in a manner determined by the department to
    13  best provide public notice thereof and to maximize public  participation
    14  therein,  so  as  to  promote the recreational opportunities afforded by
    15  sport fishing. No less than two of such free sport  fishing  days  shall
    16  prioritize access by veterans.
    17    §  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 11-0715 of the environmental conserva-
    18  tion law, as amended by section 6 of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of
    19  2013, is amended to read as follows:
    20    4. A person, resident in the state for at least thirty days immediate-
    21  ly prior to the date of application, who [has been honorably  discharged
    22  from  service  in the armed forces of the United States and certified as
    23  having a forty percent or greater  service-connected  disability]  is  a
    24  veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  is  entitled  to  receive  all  licenses,  privileges, tags, and permits
     2  authorized by this title for which he or she is eligible, except  turkey
     3  permits, renewable each year [for a five dollar fee] free of charge.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.