Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to promulgate rules and regulations establishing gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses in New York State.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5547
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 6, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, 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
directing the commissioner of environmental conservation to create
gift cards for hunting 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 11-0706 of the environmental conservation law, as
2 amended by section 22 of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 § 11-0706. Gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses.
5 1. The commissioner [is authorized to establish] shall promulgate
6 rules and regulations establishing gift cards for the licenses and
7 bowhunting and muzzle-loading privileges set forth in section 11-0701 of
8 this title.
9 2. For the purposes of this title, the term "gift card" shall mean a
10 restricted monetary equivalent or voucher that, when redeemed by the
11 holder, entitles such person to a valid license or bowhunting and/or
12 muzzle-loading privilege as set forth in section 11-0701 of this title.
13 § 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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