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                                  6038

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
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Introduced  by  Sens.  MAZIARZ,  BONACIC, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD, ZELDIN --
  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 fees
  charged for certain hunting, fishing and trapping licenses

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  11-0715 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by section 3 of part KK of  chapter  59  of
the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  A  member  of  the  Shinnecock  tribe or the Poospatuck tribe or a
member of the six nations, residing on any reservation wholly or  partly
within  the  state,  is  entitled  to  receive  free of charge a fishing
license, a small and big game license, a sportsman  license,  a  muzzle-
loading  stamp,  a trapping license, and a bow hunting stamp; a resident
of the state who is a member of the United States armed forces in active
service who is not stationed within the state and has  not  been  herein
longer  than  thirty  days  on leave or furlough, is entitled to receive
free of charge a fishing license, a small and big game  license,  and  a
trapping license; a resident of the state who is an active member of the
organized  militia of the state of New York as defined by section one of
the military law, or the reserve components of the armed forces  of  the
United  States, and excluding members of the inactive national guard and
individual ready reserve, is entitled to receive free of charge a  fish-
ing license, a small and big game license, and a trapping license; [and]
A  RESIDENT  OF  THE  STATE WHO FULLY CERTIFIES AS A SPORTSMAN EDUCATION
INSTRUCTOR, ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES OF THE DEPARTMENT,  WHO  RECORDS
TWENTY OR MORE HOURS OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE PER-YEAR FOR THREE CONSEC-
UTIVE   YEARS,  IS  ENTITLED  TO  RECEIVE  FREE  OF  CHARGE  A  RESIDENT
SUPER-SPORTSMAN LICENSE; AND a resident who  is  blind  is  entitled  to
receive  a  fishing  license  free  of  charge. For the purposes of this
subdivision a person is blind only if either: (a)  his  or  her  central
visual  acuity  does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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lenses, or (b) his or her visual acuity is greater than  20/200  but  is
accompanied  by a limitation of the field of vision such that the widest
diameter of the visual field  subtends  an  angle  no  greater  than  20
degrees.
  A  resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior
to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is  enti-
tled  to  receive  a  sportsman  license at the cost of ten dollars as a
license fee.
  A resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately  prior
to  the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is enti-
tled to receive a fishing license, and a trapping license, at a cost  of
five dollars for each license.
  A  resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior
to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is  enti-
tled  to  receive free of charge a bowhunting stamp and a muzzle-loading
stamp.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.