Bill Text: NY S05161 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to create gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-29 - referred to environmental conservation [S05161 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S05161-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5161 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 3, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to directing the commissioner of environmental conservation to create gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 11-0706 to read as follows: 3 S 11-0706. GIFT CARDS FOR HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES. 4 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISH- 5 ING GIFT CARDS FOR THE LICENSES AND STAMPS SET FORTH IN SECTION 11-0701 6 OF THIS TITLE. 7 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE TERM "GIFT CARD" SHALL MEAN A 8 RESTRICTED MONETARY EQUIVALENT OR VOUCHER THAT, WHEN REDEEMED BY THE 9 HOLDER, ENTITLES SUCH PERSON TO A VALID LICENSE OR STAMP AS SET FORTH IN 10 SECTION 11-0701 OF THIS TITLE. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11172-01-1