Makes technical corrections to the environmental conservation law, providing for misdemeanor penalties for hunting, trapping, or fishing without a valid license.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A4345
SPONSOR: Palmesano
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
making technical corrections providing for misdemeanor penalties for
hunting, trapping, or fishing without a valid license
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
to make a technical correction to current law which increases penalties
for individuals who hunt, fish or trap with a revoked hunting, fishing,
or trapping license.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
(1) Modifies subdivision 14 of section 71-0921 of the environmental
conservation law, as added by chapter 532 of the laws of 2019
(2) Removes subparagraph one, two or four of paragraph b of 5 subdivi-
sion one from the 2019 amendment and adds subdivision four.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
In 2019 S.6557/ A.6219 was passed. This legislation amended the Environ-
mental Conservation law to authorize misdemeanor penalties for hunting,
fishing or trapping while in possession of a revoked or suspended
license. The bill was intended to deter individuals from illegally hunt-
ing, fishing or trapping. S.6557/ A.6219 amended the wrong section of
law, and does not allow offenders to be charged with a misdemeanor as
intended. Passing this bill will make a technical correction to the
current law, to allow misdemeanor penalties for those who hunt, fish or
trap with a suspended license.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.8640 - 2022 - held in environmental conservation
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4345
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
making technical corrections providing for misdemeanor penalties for
hunting, trapping, or fishing without a valid license
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 71-0921 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as added by chapter 532 of the laws of 2019, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 14. Violation of [subparagraph one, two or four of paragraph b of
5 subdivision one] subdivision four of section 11-0719 of this chapter
6 involving the revocation and suspension of hunting, trapping, or fishing
7 licenses. Each such misdemeanor shall be punishable by imprisonment for
8 not more than ninety days, or by a fine of not less than five hundred
9 dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment
10 and fine.
11 § 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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