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Assembly Bill A5155

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes reduced cost on hunting; fishing and big game fees for certain disabled persons

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2009-A5155 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4117
2013-2014: A5455
2015-2016: A4787
2017-2018: A2863
2019-2020: A4665
2021-2022: A2274
2023-2024: A4805
2025-2026: A2283

2009-A5155 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a resident of the state for a period of three months prior to the date of application and who is otherwise qualified for certain hunting, fishing and big game licenses and who has a disability as defined in the executive law shall be entitled to receive such license at 50% of the cost set by statute.

2009-A5155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5155

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fees
  for licenses for disabled persons

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

  Section  1.  Section  11-0715 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7. A RESIDENT OF THE STATE FOR A PERIOD OF  THREE  MONTHS  IMMEDIATELY
PRIOR  TO  THE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE, WHO IS OTHERWISE ENTI-
TLED TO EXERCISE THE PRIVILEGES OF ANY LICENSE  TO  WHICH  THIS  SECTION
APPLIES,  AND  WHO HAS A DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE
OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, SHALL  BE  ENTI-
TLED  TO  RECEIVE  SUCH LICENSE AT THE COST OF FIFTY PERCENT OF WHAT THE
FEE AND  ADDITIONAL COST TO THE ISSUING CLERK WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07892-01-9

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