S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5475
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 28, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to waiv-
ing hunting and fishing license fees for volunteer firefighters and
volunteer ambulance workers
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; A
VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' BENEFIT LAW, OR A VOLUNTEER
FIREMAN, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER
FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW, IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A FISH-
ING LICENSE, AND A SMALL AND BIG GAME LICENSE; and a resident who is
blind is entitled to receive a fishing license free of charge. For the
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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 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.