Assembly Bill A9252

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9252

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2012
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Introduced  by  M. of A. GABRYSZAK, CERETTO -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to  fees
  charged for certain hunting, fishing and trapping licenses

  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 3 of part KK of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2009, 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  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; 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 excluding members of the inactive national guard  and
individual  ready reserve, is entitled to receive free of charge a fish-
ing license, a small and big game license, and a trapping license; [and]
A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO FULLY CERTIFIES  AS  A  SPORTSMAN  EDUCATION
INSTRUCTOR,  ACCORDING  TO THE GUIDELINES OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHO RECORDS
TWENTY OR MORE HOURS OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE PER-YEAR FOR THREE CONSEC-
UTIVE  YEARS,  IS  ENTITLED  TO  RECEIVE  FREE  OF  CHARGE  A   RESIDENT
SUPER-SPORTSMAN  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

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

                                                           LBD13611-01-1

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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  sportsman  license at the cost of ten dollars as a
license fee.
  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, and a trapping 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 stamp and a muzzle-loading
stamp.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.