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                                  9256

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, BARCLAY, CROUCH, DUPREY, LUPINACCI, McDO-
  NOUGH,  MILLER,  MURRAY, PALUMBO, RAIA, STEC -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to waiv-
  ing certain fishing and hunting fees for members of the United  States
  armed forces in active service

  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 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
fishing  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.

 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  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.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.