S2537-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Jan 25, 2011: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S2537-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2537

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fishing
license fees in the county of Onondaga

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill will dedicate twenty percent of money collected from fishing
licenses sold in Onondaga County to offset costs of the Carpenter's
Brook fish hatchery.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends subdivision 4 of section 11-0702 of the
environmental conservation law that relates to moneys collected from
fishing licenses and deposited in the state fish and game trust
account by allowing twenty percent of such monies to be used to
offset costs of Carpenter's Brook fish hatchery.

Section two amends subdivision 6 of section 11-0715 of the
environmental conservation law by adding a new paragraph allowing
twenty percent of the proceeds coming from the sale of fishing
licenses paid by Onondaga county residents to be retained by
Carpenter's Brook fish hatchery.

JUSTIFICATION:
Since 1983, Onondaga County has operated Carpenter's
Brook Fish Hatchery based solely on local tax dollars. During its 72
year existence, the hatchery has stocked more than 5 million yearling
and two-year old Brook, Brown and Rainbow trout in local waterways
throughout the country.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation provides
assistance to Carpenter's Brook in the form of fingerling trout and
testing for fish health certification but does not stock any local
streams, rivers, or ponds in Onondaga County on an annual
basis-despite collecting more than $750,000 annually in license fees.
Onondaga County and the Onondaga County Federation of Sportsman Club
is requesting this legislation to offset a significant portion of the
operational costs for Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009-2010: S.7527

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S2537-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         2537
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 25, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  VALESKY  --  read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ
 mental Conservation
 

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fish
 ing license fees in the county of Onondaga
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  11-0702 of the environmental
 conservation law, as added by chapter 352 of the laws  of  1987  and  as
 renumbered  by  chapter  626  of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as
 follows:

 4. All moneys collected from the sale of lifetime  licenses  shall  be
 deposited  in  the state fish and game trust account pursuant to section
 eighty-three of the state finance law, EXCEPT  THAT  TWENTY  PERCENT  OF
 MONEYS  COLLECTED  FROM  THE  SALE  OF LIFETIME FISHING LICENSES SOLD TO
 RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY OF ONONDAGA SHALL BE RETAINED  AND  EXPENDED  TO
 OFFSET THE COSTS OF CARPENTER'S BROOK FISH HATCHERY.
 

S  2.  Subdivision 6 of section 11-0715 of the environmental conserva
 tion law is amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:

 C. TWENTY PERCENT OF THE GROSS  PROCEEDS  FROM  SALE  OF  ALL  FISHING
 LICENSES,  INCLUDING  ANY  APPLICATION FEES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH FISHING
 LICENSES PAID BY RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY OF ONONDAGA SHALL  BE  RETAINED
 AND EXPENDED TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF CARPENTER'S BROOK FISH HATCHERY.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08624-01-1

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