Assembly Bill A5475

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses, free of charge, to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers

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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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2013-A5475 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S983
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7419
2015-2016: A2383, S1781
2017-2018: A813
2019-2020: A832
2021-2022: A5354
2023-2024: A2639

2013-A5475 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses, free of charge, to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.

2013-A5475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5475

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2013
                               ___________

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 waiv-
  ing  hunting  and  fishing license fees for volunteer firefighters and
  volunteer ambulance workers

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  11-0715 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by section 3 of part KK of  chapter  59  of
the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  A  member  of  the  Shinnecock  tribe or the Poospatuck tribe or a
member of the six nations, residing on any reservation wholly or  partly
within  the  state,  is  entitled  to  receive  free of charge a fishing
license, a small and big game license, a sportsman  license,  a  muzzle-
loading  stamp,  a trapping license, and a bow hunting stamp; a resident
of the state who is a member of the United States armed forces in active
service who is not stationed within the state and has  not  been  herein
longer  than  thirty  days  on leave or furlough, is entitled to receive
free of charge a fishing license, a small and big game  license,  and  a
trapping license; a resident of the state who is an active member of the
organized  militia of the state of New York as defined by section one of
the military law, or the reserve components of the armed forces  of  the
United  States, and excluding members of the inactive national guard and
individual ready reserve, is entitled to receive free of charge a  fish-
ing  license,  a  small  and big game license, and a trapping license; A
VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER, AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION
THREE  OF  THE  VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' BENEFIT LAW, OR A VOLUNTEER
FIREMAN, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER
FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW, IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A FISH-
ING LICENSE, AND A SMALL AND BIG GAME LICENSE; and  a  resident  who  is
blind  is  entitled to receive a fishing license free of charge. For the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05296-01-3
              

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