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Senator · Senate District 59
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History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.596
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Requires the department of environmental conservation to issue documentation of hunter safety course completion
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Daniel Burling
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6729
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring the department of environmental conservation to issue documentation of hunter safety course completion
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to allow sportsmen and women who have previously completed the approved NYS DEC hunter safety course the ability to get a replacement certificate if it has been lost or destroyed without having to retake the hunter safety course. In order to get a hunting license in New York, an individual must product a valid hunter safety course certificate or a previous hunting license. The NYS DEC does not maintain records prior to 1980 which would provide a record of the individual's satisfactorily completing hunter safety course prior to 1980 should one be lost or destroyed. This bill would allow the NYS DEC to issue a replacement Hunter Safety Course Certificate based upon the individual possessing a current or expired NYS DEC issued hunting license.
Summary of provisions
Amends Section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law by adding a new subdivision 7.
Justification
The primary reason for the bill is to assist those sportsmen and women who have been hunting accident-free since their original date of hunter safety course completion to obtain a replacement safety certificate without having to retake the hunter safety course. There has been a number of instances where a hunter has applied to another state for a hunting license and one will not be issued without proof that a hunter safety course certificate was issued. If the hunter has lost the certificate, a current hunting license will not suffice for proof of safety course. This bill would allow people who lost their certificate to obtain a replacement without having to re-take the course based on the presumption that the safety course was completed due to their possession of a NYS hunting license. This bill is limited in scope to those who acquired the Hunter Safety Course Certificate prior to 1980 and allows a remedy for those who already possess a hunting license, but who cannot produce a hunter safety course certificate.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
Minimal.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the hundred eightieth day after it shall become a law.
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