What's happening
This bill reduces hunting and fishing license fees for non-resident disabled veterans with a 40% or greater service-connected disability.
Why it matters
Expands affordable access to New York hunting and fishing activities for out-of-state disabled veterans. by creating a new, drastically reduced license fee ($5 for hunting/fishing, $4 for bowhunting) specifically for non-residents with a 40%+ service-connected disability.
Recognizes and extends benefits to non-resident veterans. , potentially encouraging tourism and travel to New York by disabled veterans, which could benefit local economies in regions popular for outdoor recreation.
Aligns non-resident disabled veteran benefits with those offered to New York residents. , signaling a policy shift toward reciprocity and inclusivity for veterans, regardless of where they live.
Targets a specific group—honorably discharged, significantly disabled veterans—rather than all non-resident veterans. , focusing the support on those with pronounced service-connected disabilities.
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Lower Fees for Disabled Veterans
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Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 61
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1954
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to environmental conservation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4631
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 23, 2017
Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, GALLIVAN -- 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 decreasing certain hunting fees for non-resident disabled veterans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 11-0715 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 276 of the laws of 2013 and subparagraph 3 as amended by section 25 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
b. In the case of a non-resident and persons resident in the state for less than thirty days:
License Fee
(1) (a) Hunting $100.00
(b) Hunting ages fifteen and under $5.00
(c) Hunting for a person who has been
honorably discharged from service
in the armed forces of the
United States and is certified
as having a forty percent or
greater service-connected disability $5.00
(2) (a) Fishing $50.00
(b) Fishing for a person who has been
honorably discharged from service
in the armed forces of the
United States and is certified
as having a forty percent or
greater service-connected disability $5.00
(3) Seven-day fishing $28.00
(4)(a) Trapping $275.00
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(b) Trapping ages fifteen and under $5.00
(5)(a) Bowhunting privilege $30.00
(b) Bowhunting privilege ages
fifteen and under $4.00
(c) Bowhunting for a person who has been
honorably discharged from service
in the armed forces of the
United States and is certified
as having a forty percent or
greater service-connected disability $4.00
(6) Muzzle-loading $30.00
(7) Turkey permit $20.00
(8) One-day fishing $10.00
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to decreasing certain hunting fees for non-resident disabled veterans
Purpose or general idea of bill
To reduce the hunting and fishing fees for nonresident disabled veterans
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1- amends paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 11-0715 of the Environmental Conservation Law to add a new category of nonresident disabled veteran hunting license, and provide for a fee of $5, a new category of nonresident disabled veteran fishing license and provide for a fee of $5 and a new category of nonresident disabled veteran bowhunting and provide for a fee of $4.
Section 2 - provides that the act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
Currently, resident veterans with disability of 40% or more can obtain a hunting license for $5, and their fishing and trapping licenses will be free. Churches and other volunteer organizations have been arranging hunting trips for groups of similarly disabled veterans from out of state as a recreational opportunity for these individuals who have sacrificed so much for our country, only to face the substantial fees associated with regular nonresident hunting licenses. This bill honors our disabled veterans, and will also serve to bring in more recreational business to our rural communities by encouraging disabled veterans, and their families, to visit our state.
Prior legislative history
2016 - S.7083 - EN CON
Fiscal implications
Nominal.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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