Bill Text: NY S05230 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5230 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S05230 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05230-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5230
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed 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  S 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    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11372-01-1