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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.