Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Mar 28, 2017 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S5435
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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
2017-S5435 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10282
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §11-0707, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2019-2020:
S831, A5174
2021-2022: S1698
2017-S5435 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5435 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to providing a fishing license exemption for disabled persons that do not live in a group home PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To allow people with disabilities the ability to more easily enjoy the therapeutic value of fishing and the outdoors. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Section 11-0707 - 3-a of the Environmental Conservation Law Is amended to allow any person who is sixteen years or older to take fish frogs as if they held a fishing license. Section 2. Establishes the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : This bill will provide a person with a disability the opportunity to more easily enjoy the therapeutic benefits of fishing and the outdoors. John Buchan said, "The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions of hope." Increasing hope is its own justification.
2017-S5435 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5435 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 28, 2017 ___________ 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 providing a fishing license exemption for disabled persons that do not live in a group home THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 11-0707 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 3-A. ANY PERSON WHO IS SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND IS DISABLED AS DEFINED UNDER SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND DOES NOT LIVE IN A GROUP HOME AS DEFINED UNDER SUBDIVISION SEVENTEEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW MAY TAKE FISH OR FROGS AS IF THEY HELD A FISHING LICENSE, EXCEPT THAT THEY MAY NOT TAKE BAIT FISH BY NET OR TRAP. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06499-01-7
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