Bill Text: NY A09536 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants all veterans with a disability seven free days of sporting activity in New York state.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A09536 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09536-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9536
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 6, 2014
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       Introduced by M. of A. P. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fee
         exemptions for disabled veterans
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  11-0715 of the environmental conservation law is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
    3    2-A. NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, ANY  FORMER
    4  MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WITH A DISABILITY, IRRESPECTIVE
    5  OF RESIDENCY, IS ENTITLED TO SEVEN DAYS OF SPORTING ACTIVITY IN NEW YORK
    6  STATE,  TO  BE USED AT ANYTIME DECIDED UPON BY SUCH PERSON, DURING WHICH
    7  HE OR SHE SHALL BE AUTHORIZED WITHOUT CHARGE TO PARTAKE IN  ANY  OF  THE
    8  ACTIVITIES  NORMALLY  REQUIRING  EITHER  A  LICENSE  OR PERMIT UNDER THE
    9  PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   10    THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE WHAT CONSTITUTES A DISABILITY FOR THE
   11  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SHALL ADOPT SUCH RULES AND  REGULATIONS
   12  NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   13    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   14  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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