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                       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.