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Senate Bill S6192

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Grants resident status, for fishing and hunting licenses, to nonresidents who are former residents of the state

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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2009-S6192 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11-0703, En Con L

2009-S6192 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants resident status, for purposes of fishing and hunting licenses, to nonresidents of this state, who were previously residents of this state for or more consecutive years.

2009-S6192 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6192 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6192

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                           September 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  granting  nonresidents who are former residents of this state resident
  status for the purposes of hunting and fishing licenses

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision 4 of section 11-0703 of the
environmental conservation law, as amended by section 21 of  part  F  of
chapter 82 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  c.  Only the following persons are eligible for resident licenses: (1)
persons who have been residents in the state for more than  thirty  days
immediately  preceding  the date of application for the licenses, or who
are enrolled in a full-time course at a college or university within the
state and who are in residence in the state for the school year, or  who
are  out of state or foreign exchange high school students enrolled in a
full-time course in a high school within the state and who are in  resi-
dence  in the state for the school year; (2) Indian residents or members
of the six nations residing on any reservation wholly or  partly  within
the  state;  (3)  members  of  the  United States armed forces in active
service, stationed in this state, regardless of the place  of  residence
at the time of entry into the service; and (4) persons [privileged under
subdivision 5 of section 11-0707 of this article to take wildlife, other
than  deer and bear, as if they held hunting licenses] WHO ARE NOT RESI-
DENTS OF THE STATE, BUT WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE  FOR
FIVE OR MORE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14769-02-9

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