| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2024 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to environmental conservation |
| Oct 16, 2023 |
print number 5942a |
| Oct 16, 2023 |
amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation |
| Mar 23, 2023 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S5942A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2023-S5942 - Details
2023-S5942 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5942
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
waving fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first
responders
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation would extend the fee exemption for hunting and fishing
licenses for veterans to certified first responders who are disabled as
a result of a certified World Trade Center medical condition.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this bill amends the environmental conservation law to
extend the fee exemption for hunting and fishing licenses for veterans
to certified first responders who are disabled as a result of a certi-
fied World Trade Center medical condition.
2023-S5942 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5942
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 23, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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
waving fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first
responders
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
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 fish-
ing 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 exclud-
ing members of the inactive national guard and individual ready reserve,
is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a hunting
license, and a trapping license; A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO IS A CERTI-
FIED FIRST RESPONDER WHO WAS DISABLED AS A RESULT OF A CERTIFIED WORLD
TRADE CENTER MEDICAL CONDITION IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A
FISHING LICENSE, A HUNTING LICENSE, AND A TRAPPING LICENSE; and a resi-
dent 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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2023-S5942A (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S5942A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5942A
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to waiv-
ing fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first respon-
ders
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation would extend the fee exemption for hunting and fishing
licenses for veterans to certified first responders who are disabled as
a result of a certified World Trade Center medical condition.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this bill amends the environmental conservation law to
extend the fee exemption for hunting and fishing licenses for veterans
to certified first responders who are disabled as a result of a certi-
fied World Trade Center medical condition.
2023-S5942A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5942--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 23, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to waiv-
ing fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first
responders
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of 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:
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 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 fishing license, a hunting license, and a trap-
ping license; A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO IS A CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER
WHO WAS DISABLED AS A RESULT OF A CERTIFIED WORLD TRADE CENTER MEDICAL
CONDITION IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A FISHING 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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