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                                   4493
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, ABBATE, ZEBROWSKI, BENEDETTO, SCHIMMINGER,
   MAGNARELLI  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, FARRELL, WRIGHT
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conserva-
   tion
 
 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 § 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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 A. 4493                             2
 
 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.