Assembly Bill A813

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing tax credits equal to the cost of the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses 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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2017-A813 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5475
2015-2016: A2383
2019-2020: A832
2021-2022: A5354
2023-2024: A2639

2017-A813 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides tax credits equal to the cost of the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.

2017-A813 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    813
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CROUCH, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A. DiPIETRO, HAWLEY -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   providing tax credits equal to the cost of 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 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  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 A NEW YORK STATE TAX CREDIT EQUAL TO THE COST OF A
 FISHING LICENSE, AND A SMALL AND BIG GAME LICENSE; and a resident who is
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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