Bill Text: NY A00773 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for lifetime sportsman licenses for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A00773 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A00773-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 773 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, RUSSELL, BARRETT, SANTABARBARA, SKOUFIS, BRINDISI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to providing for lifetime license 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 21 WHO HAS BEEN HONORABLY 22 DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01634-01-5 A. 773 2 1 IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE 2 UNITED STATES AND IS CERTIFIED 3 AS HAVING A FORTY-PERCENT OR 4 GREATER SERVICE-CONNECTED 5 DISABILITY. $20.00 6 b. Lifetime hunting license. $535.00 7 c. Lifetime fishing 8 license for a person age 9 sixty-nine or younger. $460.00 10 d. Lifetime fishing license 11 for a person age seventy 12 and over. $ 65.00 13 e. Lifetime trapping 14 license. $395.00 15 f. Lifetime archery privilege. $235.00 16 g. Lifetime muzzle-loading privilege. $235.00 17 h. For transfer to a person pursuant 18 to section 11-0704 of this title $50.00 19 The holder of a lifetime hunting license or lifetime fishing license 20 may, at any time, convert such license to a lifetime license pursuant to 21 paragraph a of this subdivision for an additional fee equal to the 22 difference between the current fee for the new license and the fee 23 originally paid for the license. 24 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.