Bill Text: NY S02215 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-14 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S02215 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02215-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2215
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 22, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
         ty and Military Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         providing  free  lifetime  licenses for honorably discharged, disabled
         veterans
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  11-0702 of the environmental
    2  conservation law, as amended by section 16 of part R of  chapter  58  of
    3  the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    4    1.  There  are hereby created the following lifetime hunting, fishing,
    5  trapping,  archery  and  muzzle-loading  privileges  and  fees  therefor
    6  subject  to  the  same  privileges and obligations of a comparable short
    7  term license:
    8               Licenses                               Fees
    9        a. Lifetime license including a
   10        hunting license, fishing license
   11        and turkey permit. If purchased,
   12       for a  child four years
   13       of age or younger                              $380.00
   14        for a child age five through
   15       eleven years of age                            $535.00
   16        for a person age twelve through
   17       sixty-nine years of age                        $765.00
   18        for a person age seventy
   19        and over[.]                                   $65.00
   20        FOR A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN
   21        HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM
   22        SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 2215                             2
    1        UNITED STATES AND IS CERTIFIED
    2        AS HAVING A FORTY PERCENT OR
    3        GREATER SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY.         $0.00
    4        b. Lifetime hunting license.                  $535.00
    5        c. Lifetime fishing
    6       license for a person age
    7       sixty-nine or younger.                         $460.00
    8        d. Lifetime fishing license
    9       for a person age seventy
   10       and over.                                      $ 65.00
   11        e. Lifetime trapping
   12       license.                                       $395.00
   13        f. Lifetime archery privilege.                $235.00
   14        g. Lifetime muzzle-loading privilege.         $235.00
   15        h. For transfer to a person pursuant
   16       to section 11-0704 of this title.
   17                                                       $50.00
   18    The  holder  of a lifetime hunting license or lifetime fishing license
   19  may, at any time, convert such license to a lifetime license pursuant to
   20  paragraph a of this subdivision for  an  additional  fee  equal  to  the
   21  difference  between  the  current  fee  for  the new license and the fee
   22  originally paid for the license.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.