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                                  5402

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 16, 2013
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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
  certain fees for 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 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 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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  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]  SIXTY-
FIVE  is  entitled 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.  Subdivision 2 of section 11-0715 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as amended by section 4 of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of
2013, 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  hunting  license,  a  muzzle-loading  privilege, a trapping
license, and a bowhunting privilege; 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 fish-
ing  license,  a  hunting 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 exclud-
ing members of the inactive national guard and individual ready reserve,
is entitled to receive free of  charge  a  fishing  license,  a  hunting
license, and a trapping 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
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]  SIXTY-
FIVE is entitled to receive a fishing license, a trapping license, and a
hunting 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 privilege and a muzzle-load-
ing privilege.
  Each  applicant  for  a  license, permit or privilege shall pay to the
issuing officer a fee, according to the  license,  permit  or  privilege
issued and the residence or other qualification of the applicant.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately, provided, however that
the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect on the  same
date  and in the same manner as section 4 of part R of chapter 58 of the
laws of 2013, takes effect.