NY State Senate Bill 2009-S3079

Senate Bill S3079

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the department of environmental conservation to prepare a report on the economic impact of hunting, fishing, and wildlife-associated activities in New York

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Jan 06, 2010	referred to environmental conservation
Mar 17, 2009	reported and committed to finance
Mar 10, 2009	referred to environmental conservation

2009-S3079 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4333
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add §11-0310, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: S653

2009-S3079 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of environmental conservation to prepare a report on the economic impact of hunting, fishing, and wildlife-associated activities in New York.

2009-S3079 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3079

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
preparing a report on the economic impact of hunting and fishing; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration
thereof


 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
The purpose of this bill is to provide more accurate and timely
information to policy makers and department administrators regarding
the tourism and economic impact of hunting, fishing and
wildlife-associated recreation in New York State.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
This bill would require the Department of Environmental Conservation,
in conjunction with the Department of Economic Development and the
Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic reservation, to prepare a
summary report every two years on the economic and tourism impact of
fishing, hunting, and wildlife- associated recreation in New York
State. The bill would sunset in ten years.

Specifically, the report shall include, but not be limited to the
following:

* the number of anglers, hunters, and wildlife-watching participants,
including recreational vehicle participants, in New York state,
including a breakdown of resident and non -resident anglers, hunters,
and wildlife-watching participants;

* The frequency of participation of anglers, hunters, and wildlife
watchers and how much money they spend on their activities including
but not limited to expenditures on equipment, bait and tackle, hotels,
and motels, restaurants, lodges, and camps, grocery and hardware
stores, and guide services; and

* An estimate of the number of jobs that are supported by anglers,
hunters, and wildlife-watching participants as well as the amount of
sales tax and income tax generated by anglers, hunters, and
wildlife-watching participants.

 JUSTIFICATION :
According to a "2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife
Associated Recreation," recreational anglers and hunters spent more
than $3.5 billion in pursuit of their pastimes in New York in 2001. A
1996 survey found that expenditures include monies spent for
equipment, bait and tackle, hotels and motels, restaurants, lodges and
camps, grocery and hardware stores, and guide services. The survey
also found that these expenditures and their associated economic
impact supported 43,000 jobs and generated $100 million in state sales
tax and $32 million in state income tax in New York State in 1996.
Nationally, the survey estimated that hunting and fishing supported
1.9 million jobs and generated $2.9 billion in state sales tax and
$772 million in state income tax.

Hunting, fishing, and wildlife-associated recreation support jobs,
generate sales and income taxes, and are an integral component of the
tourism industry and the overall economy in New York State. Efforts
are underway in each state to promote tourism, including hunting,
recreational fishing, and wildlife-associated recreation in the name
of economic development.  Currently, DEC must rely on a study every
five years by the United States Departments of Interior and Commerce
to determine the number of people who hunt and fish and expenditures
relating to their recreation.

Therefore, this legislation is intended to provide more accurate and
timely information to policymakers and department administrators
regarding the tourism and economic impact of hunting, fishing and
wildlife-associated recreation in New York State.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2005-06:  A.8040
2007-08:A.4612

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
Minimal. Could be completed within the current resources of the
Department.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
October 1 after enactment and shall sunset in ten years.

2009-S3079 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3079

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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
  preparing  a report on the economic impact of hunting and fishing; and
  providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
  of

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent.    The legislature hereby finds that
according to a "2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and  Wildlife-
Associated Recreation," recreational anglers and hunters spent more than
$3.5 billion in pursuit of their pastimes in New York in 2001.  The 1996
survey  found that expenditures include monies spent for equipment, bait
and tackle, hotels and motels, restaurants, lodges  and  camps,  grocery
and  hardware  stores,  and guide services.   The survey also found that
these expenditures and their associated economic impact supported 43,000
jobs and generated $100 million in state sales tax and  $32  million  in
state  income  tax  in  New York state in 1996.   Nationally, the survey
estimated that hunting and fishing supported 1.9 million jobs and gener-
ated $2.9 billion in state sales tax and $772 million  in  state  income
tax.    The  legislature  finds  and declares that hunting, fishing, and
wildlife-associated recreation support jobs, generate sales  and  income
taxes,  and  are  an  integral component of the tourism industry and the
overall economy in New York state.  Efforts are underway in  each  state
to  promote  tourism, including hunting, recreational fishing, and wild-
life-associated recreation in the name of  economic  development.    The
legislature also finds that the department of environmental conservation
must  rely  on a study every five years by the United States Departments
of Interior and Commerce to determine the number of people who hunt  and
fish  and  expenditures  relating to their recreation.   Therefore, this
legislation is intended to provide more accurate and timely  information

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08172-01-9

S. 3079                             2

to policy makers and department administrators regarding the tourism and
economic  impact  of hunting, fishing and wildlife-associated recreation
in New York state.
  S  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
section 11-0310 to read as follows:
S 11-0310. REPORT ON ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FISHING AND HUNTING.
  1. COMMENCING ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
AND  EVERY  TWO YEARS THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, PREPARE A SUMMARY REPORT ON
THE  ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FISHING, HUNTING, AND WILDLIFE-ASSOCIATED RECRE-
ATION IN NEW YORK STATE. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED
TO, THE FOLLOWING:
  A. THE NUMBER OF ANGLERS, HUNTERS, AND WILDLIFE-WATCHING PARTICIPANTS,
INCLUDING  RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARTICIPANTS, IN NEW YORK STATE, INCLUD-
ING A BREAKDOWN OF RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT ANGLERS, HUNTERS, AND WILD-
LIFE-WATCHING PARTICIPANTS;
  B. THE FREQUENCY OF PARTICIPATION OF ANGLERS,  HUNTERS,  AND  WILDLIFE
WATCHERS AND HOW MUCH MONEY THEY SPEND ON THEIR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BUT
NOT  LIMITED  TO  EXPENDITURES ON EQUIPMENT, BAIT AND TACKLE, HOTELS AND
MOTELS, RESTAURANTS, LODGES AND CAMPS, GROCERY AND HARDWARE STORES,  AND
GUIDE SERVICES; AND
  C.  AN  ESTIMATE  OF THE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY ANGLERS,
HUNTERS, AND WILDLIFE-WATCHING PARTICIPANTS AS WELL  AS  THE  AMOUNT  OF
SALES   TAX   AND   INCOME   TAX  GENERATED  BY  ANGLERS,  HUNTERS,  AND
WILDLIFE-WATCHING PARTICIPANTS.
  2. THE RESULTS OF THE REPORT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBMIT-
TED TO THE GOVERNOR AND TO THE LEGISLATURE, INCLUDING THE CHAIRS OF  THE
ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE,
TOURISM,  ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, AND THE ECONOMIC DEVEL-
OPMENT COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE,
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, CULTURAL AFFAIRS,  TOURISM,  PARKS
AND  RECREATION  COMMITTEE, AND COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL
BUSINESS COMMITTEE.
  S 3.  This act shall take effect on the first of October next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall expire and be
deemed repealed 10 years after such date.

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