Assembly Bill A8362

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to residents of the state who are active duty members of the U.S. armed forces regardless of duty station

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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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2021-A8362 (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:
2009-2010: A7479
2011-2012: A1909
2013-2014: A6011
2015-2016: A5292
2017-2018: A4991
2019-2020: A5833
2023-2024: A2492

2021-A8362 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to residents of the state who are active duty members of the U.S. armed forces regardless of where such person is stationed.

2021-A8362 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8362
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. J. M. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to  free
   hunting,  fishing  and  trapping  licenses  to state residents who are
   active duty members of the United States armed services

   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 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 fish-
 ing license, a hunting license, and a trapping license; and  a  resident
 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  either:
 (a)  his  or  her  central  visual  acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the
 better eye with correcting lenses, or (b) his or her  visual  acuity  is
 greater  than  20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation of the field of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13258-01-1
 A. 8362                             2
              

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