| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 13, 2016 |
print number 3910b |
| May 13, 2016 |
amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation |
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to environmental conservation |
| Oct 23, 2015 |
print number 3910a |
| Oct 23, 2015 |
amend and recommit to environmental conservation |
| Feb 20, 2015 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S3910B
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2015-S3910 - Details
2015-S3910 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3910
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
fees charged for certain hunting, fishing and trapping licenses
PURPOSE:
This legislation would amend the current fee structure to allow
certified DEC Sportsman Education Instructors to receive a free
Resident Super-Sportsman License.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would amend the Environmental Conservation Law to entitle
DEC instructors to receive a free Resident Super-Sportsman License, in
years which they record 20 or more hours of service, and only if they
have volunteered for the past three consecutive years.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently, these instructors have to go through a certification
process and volunteer countless hours of their time and receive no
compensation for their hard work. These instructors have a passion for
their sport and have graciously volunteered their time to help prevent
2015-S3910 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3910
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 20, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fees
charged for certain hunting, fishing and trapping licenses
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 4 of part R of chapter 58 of the
laws of 2013, 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 hunting license, a muzzle-loading privilege, a trapping
license, and a bowhunting privilege; 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 fish-
ing license, a hunting 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 exclud-
ing members of the inactive national guard and individual ready reserve,
is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a hunting
license, and a trapping license; A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO FULLY
CERTIFIES AS A SPORTSMAN EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR, ACCORDING TO THE GUIDE-
LINES OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHO RECORDS TWENTY OR MORE HOURS OF INSTRUC-
TIONAL SERVICE PER YEAR FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE CALENDAR YEARS, IS ENTI-
TLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A RESIDENT SUPER-SPORTSMAN LICENSE; and a
resident who is blind is entitled to receive a fishing license free of
charge. For the purposes of this subdivision a person is blind only if
either: (a) his or her central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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2015-S3910A - Details
2015-S3910A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3910A
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
fees charged for certain hunting, fishing and trapping licenses
PURPOSE :
This legislation would amend the current fee structure to allow
certified DEC Sportsman Education Instructors to receive a free
resident license, privilege or stamp that applies to fishing, small
game, big game, bow hunting, muzzle-loading or turkey hunting.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
This bill would amend the Environmental Conservation Law to entitle
DEC instructors to receive a free resident license, privilege or stamp
that applies to fishing, small game, big game, bowhunting,
muzzle-loading or turkey hunting, in years which they record 20 or
more hours of service, and only if they have volunteered for the past
three consecutive years.
JUSTIFICATION :
Currently, these instructors must go through a certification process
2015-S3910A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3910--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 20, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fees
charged for certain hunting, fishing and trapping licenses
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 4 of part R of chapter 58 of the
laws of 2013, 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 hunting license, a muzzle-loading privilege, a trapping
license, and a bowhunting privilege; 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 fish-
ing license, a hunting 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 exclud-
ing members of the inactive national guard and individual ready reserve,
is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a hunting
license, and a trapping license; A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO FULLY
CERTIFIES AS A SPORTSMAN EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR, ACCORDING TO THE GUIDE-
LINES OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHO RECORDS TWENTY OR MORE HOURS OF INSTRUC-
TIONAL SERVICE PER YEAR FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE CALENDAR YEARS, IS ENTI-
TLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE ALL RESIDENT LICENSES, PRIVILEGES AND
STAMPS THAT APPLY TO FISHING, SMALL GAME, BIG GAME, BOWHUNTING, MUZZLE-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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2015-S3910B (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S3910B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3910B
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the tax law, in relation to allowing a tax credit for
certain individuals obtaining hunting, fishing and trapping licenses
PURPOSE :
This legislation would amend the tax law to allow certified DEC
Sportsman Education Instructors to receive a tax credit for the amount
of all fees paid for all resident licenses, privileges or stamps that
apply to fishing, small game, big game, bow hunting, muzzle-loading or
turkey hunting activities.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
This bill would amend the Tax Law to entitle DEC instructors to
receive a tax credit for fees paid for a license, privilege or stamp
that applies to fishing, small game, big game, bow hunting,
muzzle-loading or turkey hunting, in years which they record 20 or
more hours of service, and only if they have volunteered for the past
three consecutive years.
JUSTIFICATION :
2015-S3910B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3910--B
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 20, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to allowing a tax credit for
certain individuals obtaining hunting, fishing and trapping licenses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 43 to read
as follows:
S 43. SPORTSMAN EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR CREDIT. (A) A TAXPAYER THAT IS A
SPORTSMAN EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR OR AN OWNER OF A SPORTSMAN EDUCATION
INSTRUCTOR SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED UNDER
ARTICLE NINE-A OR TWENTY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION.
(B) A TAXPAYER WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE AND WHO FULLY CERTIFIES
AS A SPORTSMAN EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR, ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND WHO RECORDS TWENTY OR MORE
HOURS OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE PER YEAR FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE CALENDAR
YEARS, IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A TAX CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF ALL FEES FOR
ALL RESIDENT LICENSES, PRIVILEGES AND STAMPS PAID BY SAID TAXPAYER TO
OBTAIN FISHING, SMALL GAME, BIG GAME, BOWHUNTING, MUZZLE-LOADING AND
TURKEY HUNTING LICENSES.
(C) CROSS REFERENCES: FOR APPLICATION OF THE CREDIT PROVIDED IN THIS
SECTION, SEE THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER:
(1) ARTICLE 9-A: SECTION 210-B, SUBDIVISION 52.
(2) ARTICLE 22: SECTION 606, SUBSECTION (FFF).
S 2. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 52 to read as follows:
52. SPORTSMAN EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR CREDIT. (A) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A
TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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