S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5078
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 12, 2015
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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 section 4 of part R of chapter 58 of the
laws of 2013, 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 hunting license, a muzzle-loading privilege, a trapping
license, and a bowhunting privilege; 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,] AND A NON-RESIDENT WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE
UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES AND IS STATIONED WITHIN THE STATE, is enti-
tled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a hunting 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
fishing license, a hunting license, and a trapping license; and a resi-
dent 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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 seventy is enti-
tled to receive a fishing license, a trapping license, and a hunting
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 privilege and a muzzle-load-
ing privilege.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.