STATE OF NEW YORK
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723--A
Cal. No. 507
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. ORTT, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
land Security and Military Affairs -- recommitted to the Committee on
Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs in accordance with
Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee,
ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered,
restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
issuance of deer management permits for certain service-connected
disabled veterans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 11-0913 of the
2 environmental conservation law, as amended by section 46 of part F of
3 chapter 82 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
4 b. In the issuance of permits, the department may give preference to
5 resident license holders and may give preference to service-connected
6 disabled veterans having 40 percent or greater service-connected disa-
7 bility as evidenced by a compensation rating from the United States
8 Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Department of
9 Defense who shall only have to provide proof of service-connected disa-
10 bility at the time of initial issuance of the permit, and to the appli-
11 cations of groups which include a person or the spouse of a person,
12 provided that such spouse lives in the same household, who owns at least
13 50 acres of land in one parcel in the specified area.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
15 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
16 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
2 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
