What's happening
This bill requires a review and fiscal analysis of New York's free or reduced hunting and fishing license policies.
Why it matters
Potential changes to eligibility. The bill could lead to expansions or restrictions in who qualifies for free or reduced-fee hunting and fishing licenses, directly affecting affordability and access for New Yorkers.
Impact on conservation funding. By requiring a fiscal impact analysis, the bill acknowledges that offering more free or discounted licenses could reduce revenue for the conservation fund, which supports wildlife management, habitat protection, and related programs.
Policy transparency and data-driven decisions. The required review and reporting process aims to make license policy decisions more transparent and evidence-based, ensuring lawmakers understand financial and environmental trade-offs before making changes.
Stakeholder involvement. The bill mandates consultation with the Conservation Fund Advisory Board, ensuring that expert and public input helps shape recommendations affecting both outdoor recreation and conservation priorities.
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Who cares
Department of Environmental Conservation
The bill would require the commissioner to review state policies on free or reduced-fee hunting and fishing licenses and report findings to the governor and legislative leaders.
Conservation Fund Advisory Board
The board would be consulted on the review, which must analyze how expanding free or reduced-fee licenses would affect the conservation fund.
Hunters and anglers
The review would examine existing license discounts and the fiscal impact of extending them to additional individuals or groups, without itself expanding eligibility.
Governor and legislative leaders
They would receive the commissioner's findings and analysis of the potential cost to the conservation fund.
Headline styles
Review Free Hunting Licenses
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4164
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to hunting and fishing licenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 11-0305 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
19. To review, in consultation with the conservation fund advisory board established pursuant to section 11-0327 of this title, existing state policies regarding the provision of free or reduced fee hunting and fishing licenses. Upon such review, the commissioner shall submit his or her findings to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly. The commissioner's submission shall include an analysis of the fiscal impact that providing free or reduced hunting and fishing licenses to additional individuals or groups would have on the conservation fund.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02349-01-9
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