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                                  1451

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sens. MAZIARZ, ALESI, GOLDEN, LITTLE, MORAHAN, VOLKER --
  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  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 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 with-
in 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
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

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