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                                   3843
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, ABBATE, ZEBROWSKI, BENEDETTO, SCHIMMINGER,
   MAGNARELLI  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. COLTON, 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 § 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
 FISHING  LICENSE,  A SMALL AND BIG GAME LICENSE, AND A TRAPPING LICENSE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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.