Provides that a resident of the state for a period of three months prior to the date of application and who is otherwise qualified for certain hunting, fishing and big game licenses and who has a disability as defined in the executive law shall be entitled to receive such license at 50% of the cost set by statute.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2283
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN, BRABENEC -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fees
for licenses for disabled persons
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 11-0715 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. A RESIDENT OF THE STATE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY
PRIOR TO THE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE, WHO IS OTHERWISE ENTI-
TLED TO EXERCISE THE PRIVILEGES OF ANY LICENSE TO WHICH THIS SECTION
APPLIES, AND WHO HAS A DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE
OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, SHALL BE ENTI-
TLED TO RECEIVE SUCH LICENSE AT THE COST OF FIFTY PERCENT OF WHAT THE
FEE AND ADDITIONAL COST TO THE ISSUING CLERK WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05844-01-5
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