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Assembly Bill A9065

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits the transfer of a lifetime hunting license held by a person killed in combat to a family member

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2009-A9065 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2883
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-0702, En Con L

2009-A9065 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the transfer of a lifetime hunting license held by a member of any military branch of the United States of America, who died in combat or while deployed for military purposes on or after September 11, 2001, to a family member.

2009-A9065 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9065 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9065

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              July 10, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  transfer of lifetime hunting licenses held by military members  killed
  in combat

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

  Section 1. Section 11-0702 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A.  A  LIFETIME  LICENSE  MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE SPOUSE, SIBLING,
HALF-SIBLING, STEP-SIBLING, PARENT, CHILD OR STEP-CHILD OF  A  NEW  YORK
STATE  RESIDENT  WHO  WAS  A MEMBER OF ANY MILITARY BRANCH OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND WHO DIED IN COMBAT OR WHILE DEPLOYED FOR  MILITARY
PURPOSES.  THE  EXECUTOR  OR  EXECUTRIX  OF  THE  ESTATE OF THE DECEASED
LICENSE HOLDER, OR OTHER PERSON APPOINTED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURIS-
DICTION TO ADMINISTER THE ESTATE MAY DESIGNATE THE TRANSFEREE  (PROVIDED
THE  TRANSFEREE  IS  THE  SPOUSE,  SIBLING,  HALF-SIBLING, STEP-SIBLING,
PARENT, CHILD OR STEP-CHILD OF THE DECEASED), UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE  WAS
DESIGNATED IN ANY VALID WILL OF THE DECEDENT.
  S  2.  To  the  extent that the estate of any lifetime hunting license
holder has been administered and any necessary actions to  the  adminis-
tration  of  the  estate  have  been  completed, the commissioner of the
department of environmental conservation is authorized to  transfer  any
applicable  license pursuant to the provisions of this act, first to the
spouse of any such person then  to  the  child  or  step-child  of  such
person,  then  to  a sibling or step-sibling of such person, then to the
parent or parents of such person (and if there be more than  one  person
in  each  category who wishes personally or through their guardian to be
considered for the license then such commissioner  shall  determine  who
shall  receive the license). Any request for a license transfer pursuant
to the provisions of this act for  persons  having  died  prior  to  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10080-01-9

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