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                                  8456

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 9, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ORTIZ, ABBATE, MARKEY, ZEBROWSKI, BENEDETTO,
  SCHIMMINGER, MAGNARELLI -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  CLARK,
  COLTON,  FARRELL, WRIGHT -- 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 certain members of the  mili-
  tary serving in combat or subject to hostile fire

  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 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; A RESIDENT OF THE STATE  WHO  PERFORMED
MILITARY  SERVICE  IN COMBAT OR DUTY SUBJECT TO HOSTILE FIRE OR IMMINENT
DANGER, AS DEFINED IN 37 USC S 310 (A)(4), AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED,
IS ENTITLED, FOR THE FIVE YEARS IMMEDIATELY SUCCEEDING HIS OR HER RETURN
TO THE STATE FROM SUCH MILITARY SERVICE, TO RECEIVE  FREE  OF  CHARGE  A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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FISHING  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 visu-
al 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 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.