Assembly Actions -
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Jan 25, 2018 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S7568
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S7568 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6219
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §11-0715, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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S3991, A5352
2017-S7568 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7568 SPONSOR: GALLIVAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to persons who are active or reserve duty members of the Unites States armed services or of the organized militia, and to certain veterans thereof PURPOSE: To provide free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to all active duty members and reservists of the armed forces as well as all members of the New York Guard, including components of the National Guard and certain veterans. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends Subdivision 2 of section 11-0715 of the environmental conservation law to include additional active and reserve members of the
2017-S7568 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7568 I N S E N A T E January 25, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to persons who are active or reserve duty members of the Unites States armed services or of the organized militia, and to certain veterans thereof 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] REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE OR SHE IS 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 hunting license, and a trapping license; [a resident of the state who is] an active member OF A FORCE 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 fishing license, a hunting license, and a trapping license; A PERSON, HAVING TEN OR MORE YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE, WHO HAS BEEN HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE OR RESERVE SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, OR FROM A FORCE OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE OF THE MILITARY LAW, EXCLUDING 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; and a resi- dent 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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