Assembly Bill A2110

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Allows certain disabled persons to fish without a license

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2110 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S615
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0707, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2337, S6199
2013-2014: A153, S2262
2015-2016: A1440
2017-2018: A4112

2011-A2110 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows persons having a medically determinable impairment of sufficient severity and duration to qualify for benefits under the federal social security act to take fish as if he or she held a fishing license.

2011-A2110 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2110

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CUSICK --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  allowing certain disabled persons to take fish without a license

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  11-0707 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A. ANY PERSON WHO IS DISABLED MAY TAKE FISH AS IF HE OR SHE  HELD  A
FISHING  LICENSE, EXCEPT THAT HE OR SHE MAY NOT TAKE BAIT FISH BY NET OR
TRAP, IF HE OR SHE HAS ON HIS OR HER PERSON AN AUTHORIZATION UPON A FORM
FURNISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT CONTAINING SUCH IDENTIFYING INFORMATION  AND
DATA  AS  MAY  BE REQUIRED BY IT.   FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION
"DISABLED" MEANS HAVING A MEDICALLY DETERMINABLE  IMPAIRMENT  OF  SUFFI-
CIENT  SEVERITY  AND DURATION TO QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS UNDER SECTION 1902
(A)(10)(A)(II)(XV) OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the commissioner of environmental  conservation  is  authorized  and
directed  to  add, amend, and/or repeal any rule or regulation necessary
for the timely implementation of this act on such effective date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03555-01-1


              

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