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Assembly Bill A9456

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Refunds fees paid for recreational marine fishing licenses which are being repealed

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2009-A9456 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง11-0702 & 13-0355, En Con L

2009-A9456 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Refunds fees paid for recreational marine fishing licenses which are being repealed.

2009-A9456 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9456

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2010
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  recreational marine fishing licenses

  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 5 to read as follows:
  5. ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT PURCHASED A LIFETIME RECREATIONAL MARINE  FISH-
ING  LICENSE  OR  LIFETIME  COMBINATION  FISHING AND RECREATIONAL MARINE
FISHING LICENSE PURSUANT TO THE FORMER PARAGRAPHS G AND H OF SUBDIVISION
ONE OF THIS SECTION AS ADDED BY  SECTION  TWO  OF  PART  LL  OF  CHAPTER
FIFTY-NINE  OF  THE  LAWS  OF TWO THOUSAND NINE, IS ENTITLED TO A REFUND
FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT PAID FOR SUCH LICENSE.
  S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 13-0355 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion  law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2009, amending the envi-
ronmental conservation  law  relating  to  establishing  a  registration
system  for  saltwater  recreational fishing, as proposed in legislative
bill number A. 9234, is amended to read as follows:
  5. Fees. A. A fee for registering on the registry may  not  be  estab-
lished  or  levied. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
registering through an online or telephonic registration system may  not
be charged a fee for registering.
  B.  ANY  INDIVIDUAL  THAT  PURCHASED  A  RECREATIONAL  MARINE  FISHING
LICENSE, A SEVEN-DAY RECREATIONAL MARINE FISHING LICENSE  OR  A  ONE-DAY
RECREATIONAL  MARINE  FISHING LICENSE PURSUANT TO THE FORMER SUBDIVISION
FOUR OF THIS SECTION, AS ADDED BY SECTION SIX  OF  PART  LL  OF  CHAPTER
FIFTY-NINE  OF  THE  LAWS  OF TWO THOUSAND NINE, IS ENTITLED TO A REFUND
FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT PAID FOR SUCH LICENSE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
manner  as  a  chapter  of  the laws of 2009, amending the environmental
conservation law relating to  establishing  a  registration  system  for
saltwater  recreational  fishing, as proposed in legislative bill number
A.  9234, takes effect.

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