S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6503
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, ABBATE, MARKEY, BENEDETTO, SCHIMMINGER,
SCHROEDER, TOWNS, MAGNARELLI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK,
COLTON, DelMONTE, FARRELL, JOHN, KOON, PHEFFER, SEMINERIO, WEISENBERG
-- 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 during a period of war
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 chapter 418 of the laws of 2004, is
amended to read as follows:
2. A resident in the state for thirty days immediately prior to the
date of application who has attained the age of seventy is entitled to
receive all licenses, stamps, tags, buttons, and permits authorized by
this title for which he or she is eligible, except turkey permits,
renewable each year for a five dollar fee; 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; 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
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; A
RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO PERFORMED MILITARY SERVICE DURING A PERIOD OF
WAR AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED, IS ENTITLED, FOR THE FIVE YEARS IMME-
DIATELY 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; 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 great-
er 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 sixty-five is
entitled to receive a sportsman license at the cost of five dollars as a
license fee.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.