Bill Text: NY A02680 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2680 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes special access to hunting and fishing grounds on state land for handicapped individuals.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A02680 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02680-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2680

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. GUNTHER, LEMONDES -- read once and referred to
          the Committee 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  § 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    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07049-01-3