Bill Text: NY A08998 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts active duty military personnel, both New York militia and members of the United States military, from taking required hunting courses for purposes of obtaining a hunting license.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-13 - referred to environmental conservation [A08998 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08998-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 6221                                                  A. 8998
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 13, 2012
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens.  RITCHIE, BONACIC, LIBOUS, O'MARA,
         SEWARD -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
         committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         exempting  active duty military personnel from taking required hunting
         courses for purposes of obtaining a hunting license
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subparagraph 3 of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section
    2  11-0713 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section  27
    3  of  part  F  of  chapter  82  of  the laws of 2002, is amended and a new
    4  subparagraph 4 is added to read as follows:
    5    (3) a certificate of qualification in responsible hunting, responsible
    6  bowhunting and responsible trapping practices, including safety,  ethics
    7  and  landowner-hunter  relations,  issued  or honored by the department,
    8  pursuant to this subdivision[.]; OR
    9    (4) PROOF  OF  MEMBERSHIP  IN  THE  MILITARY  FORCES  AND  ENGAGED  IN
   10  FULL-TIME  ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED
   11  STATES BY A RESIDENT OF THE STATE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH:
   12    (A) "ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY" SHALL MEAN MILITARY DUTY IN OR WITH A FORCE
   13  OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA (NOT INCLUDING THE INACTIVE NATIONAL GUARD  AND
   14  NOT  INCLUDING  THE NEW YORK GUARD WHEN IN AN INACTIVE STATUS) OR IN THE
   15  DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS OF THE  EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT  OF
   16  THE STATE; AND
   17    (B)  "ACTIVE  MILITARY  SERVICE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES"  SHALL  MEAN
   18  FULL-TIME DUTY IN THE ARMY, NAVY (INCLUDING MARINE CORPS), AIR FORCE  OR
   19  COAST GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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