STATE OF NEW YORK
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7758
IN SENATE
May 12, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 hunt-
ing and fishing licenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 11-0305 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
3 19. To review, in consultation with the conservation fund advisory
4 board established pursuant to section 11-0327 of this title, existing
5 state policies regarding the provision of free or reduced fee hunting
6 and fishing licenses. Upon such review, the commissioner shall submit
7 his or her findings to the governor, the temporary president of the
8 senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate,
9 and the minority leader of the assembly. The commissioner's submission
10 shall include an analysis of the fiscal impact that providing free or
11 reduced hunting and fishing licenses to additional individuals or groups
12 would have on the conservation fund.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11398-01-5
