New York S 4770: Authorizes lifetime sporting licenses to be purchased by permanently disabled veterans at a discounted rate

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S04770 Summary:

BILL NOS04770 

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SPONSORBORRELLO

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COSPNSROBERACKER

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Amd §11-702, En Con L

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Authorizes lifetime sporting licenses, which includes hunting and fishing licenses and turkey permits, to be purchased by permanently disabled veterans at a discounted rate of sixty-five dollars.

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BILL NOS04770 

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4770

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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
 authorizing lifetime sporting licenses to be purchased by permanently
 disabled veterans at a discounted rate

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0702 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by section 16 of part R of chapter 58 of
 3 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. There are hereby created the following lifetime hunting, fishing,
 5 trapping, archery and muzzle-loading privileges and fees therefor
 6 subject to the same privileges and obligations of a comparable short
 7 term license:

 8 Licenses Fees
 9 a. Lifetime license including a
 10 hunting license, fishing license
 11 and turkey permit. If purchased,
 12 for a child four years
 13 of age or younger $380.00
 14 for a child age five through
 15 eleven years of age $535.00
 16 for a person age twelve through
 17 sixty-nine years of age $765.00
 18 for a person age seventy
 19 and over[.] $65.00
 20 for a person who is a permanently
 21 disabled veteran. $65.00
 22 b. Lifetime hunting license. $535.00

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09329-01-5

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 1 c. Lifetime fishing
 2 license for a person age
 3 sixty-nine or younger. $460.00
 4 d. Lifetime fishing license
 5 for a person age seventy
 6 and over. $ 65.00
 7 e. Lifetime trapping
 8 license. $395.00
 9 f. Lifetime archery privilege. $235.00
 10 g. Lifetime muzzle-loading privilege. $235.00
 11 h. For transfer to a person pursuant
 12 to section 11-0704 of this title $50.00
 13 The holder of a lifetime hunting license or lifetime fishing license
 14 may, at any time, convert such license to a lifetime license pursuant to
 15 paragraph a of this subdivision for an additional fee equal to the
 16 difference between the current fee for the new license and the fee
 17 originally paid for the license. For purposes of this section, a "disa-
 18 bled veteran" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in
 19 paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section eighty-five of the civil
 20 service law.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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