Requires the department of environmental conservation to issue documentation of hunter safety course completion.

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S91-2013 Actions

• Apr 24, 2013: referred to environmental conservation
• Apr 23, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Apr 23, 2013: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 5, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 4, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Feb 28, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.111
• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S91-2013 Meetings

Environmental Conservation: Feb 28, 2013

S91-2013 Calendars

Active List: Apr 23, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 4, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 5, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 6, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 7, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 11, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 12, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 13, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 14, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 18, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 19, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 20, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 21, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 24, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 25, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 26, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 27, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 15, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 16, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 17, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 22, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 23, 2013

S91-2013 Votes

S91-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S91

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:
2011-12: S.6729/A.9628 Passed Senate/Referred to Environmental
Conservation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 180 days after it becomes law.

S91-2013 Text

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

                                     91

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sen. 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
    requiring  the  department  of  environmental  conservation  to  issue
    documentation of hunter safety course completion

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


    Section  1.   Section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law is
  amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:

    7. A PERSON WHO HOLDS A LICENSE OR STAMP  AUTHORIZING  THE  HOLDER  TO
  HUNT,  FISH, OR TRAP AND WHO HAS LOST OR ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED DOCUMEN-
  TATION DEMONSTRATING COMPLETION OF A HUNTER SAFETY COURSE AS REQUIRED TO
  OBTAIN SUCH A LICENSE OR STAMP MAY REQUEST  THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  PROVIDE
  DOCUMENTATION  OF  THE  COMPLETION  OF SUCH A HUNTER SAFETY COURSE.  THE
  DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE STATING THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
  APPLICANT AND THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED  A  HUNTER
  SAFETY  COURSE  AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO OBTAIN A LICENSE
  OR STAMP AUTHORIZING THE HOLDER TO HUNT, FISH, OR TRAP.  THE  DEPARTMENT
  MAY CHARGE A REASONABLE FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH A CERTIFICATE.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
  it shall have become a law.




   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01946-01-3