Bill Text: NY A09628 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of environmental conservation to issue documentation of hunter safety course completion.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 20-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-01 - held for consideration in environmental conservation [A09628 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09628-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9628
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 22, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BURLING,  GUNTHER, RAIA, CALHOUN, LOSQUADRO,
         MONTESANO, BARCLAY,  HAWLEY,  McDONOUGH,  CASTELLI,  FINCH,  SALADINO,
         CORWIN,  SAYWARD,  GIGLIO,  LINARES  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         BROOK-KRASNY, CERETTO, CROUCH, McENENY, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, D. MILL-
         ER, P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Environ-
         mental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         requiring  the  department  of  environmental  conservation  to  issue
         documentation of hunter safety course completion
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation  law  is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    3    7.  A  PERSON  WHO  HOLDS A LICENSE OR STAMP AUTHORIZING THE HOLDER TO
    4  HUNT, FISH, OR TRAP AND WHO HAS LOST OR ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED  DOCUMEN-
    5  TATION DEMONSTRATING COMPLETION OF A HUNTER SAFETY COURSE AS REQUIRED TO
    6  OBTAIN  SUCH  A  LICENSE  OR STAMP MAY REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE
    7  DOCUMENTATION OF THE COMPLETION OF SUCH A HUNTER  SAFETY  COURSE.    THE
    8  DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE STATING THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
    9  APPLICANT  AND  THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED A HUNTER
   10  SAFETY COURSE AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO OBTAIN  A  LICENSE
   11  OR  STAMP  AUTHORIZING THE HOLDER TO HUNT, FISH, OR TRAP. THE DEPARTMENT
   12  MAY CHARGE A REASONABLE FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH A CERTIFICATE.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   14  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14838-01-2