Assembly Bill A8998

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Exempts active duty military personnel from taking required hunting courses for purposes of obtaining a hunting license

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A8998 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6221
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0713, En Con L

2011-A8998 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2011-A8998 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

    S. 6221                                                  A. 8998

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2012
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens.  RITCHIE, BONACIC, LIBOUS, O'MARA,
  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- 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:

  Section  1.  Subparagraph 3 of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section
11-0713 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section  27
of  part  F  of  chapter  82  of  the laws of 2002, is amended and a new
subparagraph 4 is added to read as follows:
  (3) a certificate of qualification in responsible hunting, responsible
bowhunting and responsible trapping practices, including safety,  ethics
and  landowner-hunter  relations,  issued  or honored by the department,
pursuant to this subdivision[.]; OR
  (4) PROOF  OF  MEMBERSHIP  IN  THE  MILITARY  FORCES  AND  ENGAGED  IN
FULL-TIME  ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED
STATES BY A RESIDENT OF THE STATE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH:
  (A) "ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY" SHALL MEAN MILITARY DUTY IN OR WITH A FORCE
OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA (NOT INCLUDING THE INACTIVE NATIONAL GUARD  AND
NOT  INCLUDING  THE NEW YORK GUARD WHEN IN AN INACTIVE STATUS) OR IN THE
DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS OF THE  EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT  OF
THE STATE; AND
  (B)  "ACTIVE  MILITARY  SERVICE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES"  SHALL  MEAN
FULL-TIME DUTY IN THE ARMY, NAVY (INCLUDING MARINE CORPS), AIR FORCE  OR
COAST GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10767-01-1

              

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