Senate Bill S268

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • 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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2019-S268 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A880
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0702, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7469
2015-2016: S2215
2017-2018: S2579
2021-2022: S1265, A4893
2023-2024: S3205
2025-2026: S3464

2019-S268 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.

2019-S268 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S268 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    268
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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  free  lifetime  licenses for honorably discharged, disabled
   veterans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  11-0702 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by section 16 of part R of  chapter  58  of
 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  There  are hereby created the following lifetime hunting, fishing,
 trapping,  archery  and  muzzle-loading  privileges  and  fees  therefor
 subject  to  the  same  privileges and obligations of a comparable short
 term license:
 
              Licenses                               Fees
       a. Lifetime license including a
       hunting license, fishing license
       and turkey permit. If purchased,
      for a  child four years
      of age or younger                              $380.00
       for a child age five through
      eleven years of age                            $535.00
       for a person age twelve through
      sixty-nine years of age                        $765.00
       for a person age seventy
       and over[.]                                   $65.00
       FOR A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN
       HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM
       SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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