Frankiesurf
08-17-2009, 07:08 PM
I spoke to Assemblyman Thiele's office I was informed that the bill passed the Legislature but not the Senate. His bill was to just stop the implementation of fees for the Oct 1 -Dec 31 license and have only to pay for the calendar year 2010 (Jan 1-Dec 31) but still having to register for the license.
I then spoke to the DEC offices in Albany and in East Setauket and both were in accord in saying that they had been told that the license will indeed go into effect on Oct 1 with anglers having to renew by Jan 1. You will have to pay for both. The licenses will become available sometime in September. They have not been updated with any other news.
I also contacted Assemblyman Sweeney's office. He had proposed a bill to put off the license until at least Jan 1, foregoing anyone to need the license from the original dates of Oct 1 - Dec 31. I was told that as of now the delay in getting the license from Oct 1 has passed in the Assembly but was struggling to to find a sponsor in the Senate. After three Senators had turned down the sponsorship due to the Senate Majority issue the state went through. In the past few weeks they had Sen. Foley sign on as a sponsor. As of now it had not gone through the Senate. There was a special session last week but that bill got shuffled right out of it. Sweeney's office does think it will garner more support as Sweeney is a Democrat and the Democrats are in majority,but hope it will be in time for the October deadline.
I then spoke to the DEC offices in Albany and in East Setauket and both were in accord in saying that they had been told that the license will indeed go into effect on Oct 1 with anglers having to renew by Jan 1. You will have to pay for both. The licenses will become available sometime in September. They have not been updated with any other news.
I also contacted Assemblyman Sweeney's office. He had proposed a bill to put off the license until at least Jan 1, foregoing anyone to need the license from the original dates of Oct 1 - Dec 31. I was told that as of now the delay in getting the license from Oct 1 has passed in the Assembly but was struggling to to find a sponsor in the Senate. After three Senators had turned down the sponsorship due to the Senate Majority issue the state went through. In the past few weeks they had Sen. Foley sign on as a sponsor. As of now it had not gone through the Senate. There was a special session last week but that bill got shuffled right out of it. Sweeney's office does think it will garner more support as Sweeney is a Democrat and the Democrats are in majority,but hope it will be in time for the October deadline.