NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2289A

Senate Bill S2289A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that a certain license plate surcharge be deposited into the conservation fund; and relates to the deposit of certain funds

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
Aug 25, 2021	print number 2289a
Aug 25, 2021	amend (t) and recommit to transportation
Jan 20, 2021	referred to transportation

Bill Amendments

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2021-S2289 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §404-s, V & T L; amd §83, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S7091

2021-S2289 - Summary

Requires that a certain license plate surcharge be deposited into the habitat conservation and wildlife management fund; relates to the deposit of certain funds into the conservation fund.

2021-S2289 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2289

SPONSOR: JORDAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
that a certain license plate surcharge be deposited into the habitat
conservation and wildlife management fund; and to amend the state
finance law, in relation to establishing the habitat conservation and
wildlife management fund

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends section 404-s of the vehicle and traffic law to direct
that the fifteen dollar surcharge for the existing distinctive hunting,
fishing or trapping license plate be deposited into the habitat conser-
vation and wildlife management fund established under section ninety-
seven-aaaa of the state finance law to be made available for services,
costs and expenses of habitat conservation and wildlife management.

Section 2: Amends state finance law to add a new section 97-aaaa to
establish a habitat and wildlife management fund consisting of the

revenues pursuant to the provisions in section 1.

Section 3: Effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Any resident who possesses a hunting, fishing or trapping license is
able to request a distinctive "I Love New York Hunting and Fishing"
custom license plate for an annual fifteen-dollar service charge.
Currently, this fee goes to the New York State Department of Economic
Development to be made available for services and expenses for tourism
and marketing. This bill would establish a conservation and wildlife
management fund and would direct that the revenues from this custom
plate be directly deposited into that account to help preserve and
protect New York's precious natural resources.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S7091 of 2019-20

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred and eightieth day after it
shall have become law.

2021-S2289 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2289
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   that  a  certain license plate surcharge be deposited into the habitat
   conservation and wildlife management fund;  and  to  amend  the  state
   finance  law, in relation to establishing the habitat conservation and
   wildlife management fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 404-s of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 chapter 304 of the laws of 2001,  is  redesignated  section  404-ff  and
 subdivision  5,  as  added by section 26 of part EE of chapter 55 of the
 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   5. Any New York resident who possesses a hunting, fishing or  trapping
 license issued pursuant to title seven of article eleven of the environ-
 mental  conservation law or an annual vehicle access pass, also known as
 an empire passport, pursuant to article thirteen of  the  parks,  recre-
 ation  and  historic preservation law shall, upon request, be issued the
 distinctive plate available to a person who purchases a lifetime license
 or passport, which shall be issued in the same manner  as  other  number
 plates  upon  the  payment of the regular registration fee prescribed by
 section four hundred one of this article;  provided,  however,  that  an
 additional annual service charge of fifteen dollars shall be charged for
 such  plate.  Such service charge shall be deposited [and made available
 in the same manner as set forth in subdivision two of this section] INTO
 THE HABITAT CONSERVATION AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT FUND ESTABLISHED  UNDER
 SECTION  NINETY-SEVEN-AAAA  OF  THE  STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE MADE
 AVAILABLE FOR SERVICES, COSTS AND EXPENSES OF HABITAT  CONSERVATION  AND
 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUCH SECTION.
   §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-aaaa
 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01603-01-1

 S. 2289                             2
 
   § 97-AAAA. HABITAT  CONSERVATION  AND  WILDLIFE  MANAGEMENT  FUND.  1.
 THERE  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE STATE COMPTROLLER A SPECIAL  FUND  TO
 BE KNOWN AS THE "HABITAT CONSERVATION AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT FUND". THE
 MONEYS  IN  SUCH  FUND  SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE  FOR PAYMENT OF ANY AND ALL
 SERVICES, COSTS AND EXPENDITURES INCURRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  CONSERVATION  IN  PERFORMING  HABITAT  CONSERVATION  OR WILDLIFE
 MANAGEMENT DUTIES ON PROPERTY DESIGNATED AS A STATE GAME REFUGE PURSUANT
 TO SECTION 11-2105 OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW,  INCLUDING
 COSTS AND EXPENSES INCIDENTAL AND APPURTENANT THERETO.
   2.  MONEYS  IN  THE  HABITAT CONSERVATION AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT FUND
 SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATELY FROM AND SHALL NOT BE COMMINGLED WITH ANY OTHER
 MONEYS IN THE JOINT OR SOLE CUSTODY OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  OR  THE
 COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
   3. THE HABITAT CONSERVATION AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT FUND SHALL CONSIST
 OF  THE  REVENUES  REQUIRED  TO  BE  DEPOSITED  THEREIN  PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-FF OF THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC
 LAW, AND ALL OTHER MONEYS CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER
 FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
   4. THE MONEYS IN SUCH FUND SHALL PAID OUT OF THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND
 WARRANT OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.

2021-S2289A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §404-s, V & T L; amd §83, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S7091

2021-S2289A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that a certain license plate surcharge be deposited into the habitat conservation and wildlife management fund; relates to the deposit of certain funds into the conservation fund.

2021-S2289A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2289A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2289--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   that a certain license plate surcharge be deposited into the conserva-
   tion  fund;  and  to  amend  the state finance law, in relation to the
   deposit of certain funds
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 404-s of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 chapter 304 of the laws of 2001, is renumbered section 404-ff and subdi-
 vision 5, as added by section 26 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of
 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   5. Any New York resident who possesses a hunting, fishing or  trapping
 license issued pursuant to title seven of article eleven of the environ-
 mental  conservation law or an annual vehicle access pass, also known as
 an empire passport, pursuant to article thirteen of  the  parks,  recre-
 ation  and  historic preservation law shall, upon request, be issued the
 distinctive plate available to a person who purchases a lifetime license
 or passport, which shall be issued in the same manner  as  other  number
 plates  upon  the  payment of the regular registration fee prescribed by
 section four hundred one of this article;  provided,  however,  that  an
 additional annual service charge of fifteen dollars shall be charged for
 such  plate.  Such service charge shall be deposited [and made available
 in the same manner as set forth in subdivision two of this section] INTO
 THE CONSERVATION FUND ESTABLISHED  UNDER  SECTION  EIGHTY-THREE  OF  THE
 STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  2.  Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 83 of the state finance
 law, as amended by chapter 512 of the laws of 1994, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01603-02-1

 S. 2289--A                          2
 
   1.  The conservation fund shall consist of all moneys belonging to the
 state received by the department of environmental conservation from  the
 sale  of licenses for hunting, for trapping, and for fishing, all moneys
 received in actions for penalties under articles eleven and thirteen  of
 the  environmental  conservation  law  and  subdivision  two  of section
 71-1929 of the environmental conservation law, or upon the settlement or
 compromise thereof, all fines for violation of any of the provisions  of
 articles  eleven and thirteen of the environmental conservation law, all
 moneys arising out of the operation of real property under the jurisdic-
 tion of the division of fish and wildlife in the department of  environ-
 mental conservation heretofore or hereafter acquired by the state of New
 York,  and  from  any  concessions  thereon and from any leases thereof,
 including moneys received from the sale thereof when authorized by  law,
 all  moneys  received from leases or rentals of shellfish grounds in the
 marine and coastal district, all moneys from gifts for fish and wildlife
 management pursuant to section six hundred twenty-five of the  tax  law,
 moneys received by the department of environmental conservation from the
 sale  of  limited  edition  prints  of  fish  and wildlife paintings, as
 authorized by paragraph t of subdivision two of section  3-0301  of  the
 environmental  conservation law, all moneys received from the reimburse-
 ment provided for in paragraph b of subdivision seven of section  8-0109
 of  the  environmental  conservation  law,  ALL MONIES RECEIVED FROM THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SERVICE CHARGE PERTAINING  TO  THE
 ISSUANCE  OF  DISTINCTIVE PLATES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION
 FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-FF OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,  and  all  other
 moneys  arising  out  of  the  application of any provisions of articles
 eleven and thirteen of the environmental conservation law. These moneys,
 after appropriation by the legislature, and within the amounts set forth
 and for the several  purposes  specified,  shall  be  available  to  the
 department  of  environmental  conservation  for  the  care, management,
 protection and enlargement of the fish, game and shell fish resources of
 the state and for the promotion of public fishing and shooting.  In  the
 accomplishment  of  these  objects  the  moneys made available hereunder
 shall be devoted to the purchase or acquisition of  lands,  lands  under
 water,  waters,  or  rights therein as required, to payment for personal
 service, for maintenance and operation, and  for  new  construction  and
 permanent  betterments,  and to all other proper expenses of the depart-
 ment of environmental conservation in the administration and enforcement
 of the provisions of articles eleven and thirteen of  the  environmental
 conservation law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.

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