senate Bill S831

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing a fishing license exemption for disabled persons that do not live in a group home

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

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Jan 08, 2020 referred to environmental conservation
Jan 09, 2019 referred to environmental conservation

S831 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5174
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0707, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5435, A5257, A10282
2021-2022: S1698

S831 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing a fishing license exemption for disabled persons that do not live in a group home.

S831 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S831 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   831

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2019
                               ___________

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.
                                                           LBD02886-01-9

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