Relates to changing the eligibility age for lifetime fishing licenses and adding license exemptions for United States veterans for the taking of fish and frogs.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3016
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 31, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 life-
time fishing licenses and certain license exemptions for United States
veterans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0702 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as amended by section 16 of part R of chapter 58 of
3 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
4 1. There are hereby created the following lifetime hunting, fishing,
5 trapping, archery and muzzle-loading privileges and fees therefor
6 subject to the same privileges and obligations of a comparable short
7 term license:
8 Licenses Fees
9 a. Lifetime license including a
10 hunting license, fishing license
11 and turkey permit. If purchased,
12 for a child four years
13 of age or younger $380.00
14 for a child age five through
15 eleven years of age $535.00
16 for a person age twelve through
17 sixty-nine years of age $765.00
18 for a person age seventy
19 and over. $65.00
20 b. Lifetime hunting license. $535.00
21 c. Lifetime fishing
22 license for a person age
23 [sixty-nine] sixty-four or younger. $460.00
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 d. Lifetime fishing license
2 for a person age [seventy] sixty-five
3 and over. $ 65.00
4 e. Lifetime trapping
5 license. $395.00
6 f. Lifetime archery privilege. $235.00
7 g. Lifetime muzzle-loading privilege. $235.00
8 h. For transfer to a person pursuant
9 to section 11-0704 of this title $50.00
10 The holder of a lifetime hunting license or lifetime fishing license
11 may, at any time, convert such license to a lifetime license pursuant to
12 paragraph a of this subdivision for an additional fee equal to the
13 difference between the current fee for the new license and the fee
14 originally paid for the license.
15 § 2. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 11-0707 of the environmental
16 conservation law are renumbered subdivisions 4 and 5, subdivisions 7, 8
17 and 9 of such section of such law are renumbered subdivisions 6, 7 and 8
18 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
19 3. Any United States veteran, as defined in subdivision 3 of section
20 350 of the executive law, with identification that designates them as
21 such, may take fish and frogs as if they held fishing licenses, except
22 that they may not take bait fish by net or trap.
23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
