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                                   4294
 
                        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.