S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 1, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. MORINELLO, B. MILLER, HAWLEY, BRABENEC, SMULLEN,
NORRIS, SALKA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH,
SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental
Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fees
for 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 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, is entitled to receive free of charge a fish-
ing 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 exclud-
ing 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 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.
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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 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.