S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1636
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- 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 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
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 fishing license, a small and big game license, and a trap-
ping license; and a resident who is blind is entitled to receive a fish-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ing 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 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.