Bill Text: NY A00803 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes special access to hunting and fishing grounds on state land for handicapped individuals.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A00803 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A00803-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 803 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, McLAUGHLIN, CROUCH, STEC -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing special access to hunting and fishing grounds on state land for handicapped individuals THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 11-0115 to read as follows: 3 S 11-0115. HANDICAPPED ACCESS FOR HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS ON STATE 4 LAND. 5 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS AUTHORIZING 6 SPECIAL ACCESS TO HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS ON STATE LANDS FOR INDI- 7 VIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN ISSUED HANDICAPPED PARKING PERMITS PURSUANT TO 8 SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THREE-A OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW. SUCH 9 RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ALLOWING 10 ACCESS TO CERTAIN DESIGNATED HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS ON STATE LANDS 11 BY ATV AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED BY SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THE 12 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01664-01-5