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                                   4919
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   authorizing certain free permits, stamps and privileges for  qualified
   hunting instructors

   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)  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].
   (B) 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  enti-
 tled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a hunting license, and
 a trapping license[; a].
   (C)  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  mili-
 tary  law,  or  the reserve components of the armed forces of the United
 States, and excluding members of the inactive national guard  and  indi-
 vidual  ready  reserve,  is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing
 license, a hunting license, and a trapping license[; and a].
   (D) 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)] (I) [his or  her]  SUCH  PERSON'S  central  visual
 acuity  does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses,
 or [(b)] (II) [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S visual acuity is  greater  than
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 20/200  but  is  accompanied by a limitation of the field of vision such
 that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no great-
 er than 20 degrees.
   (E)  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
 entitled to receive a fishing license, a trapping license, and a hunting
 license, at a cost of five dollars for each license.
   (F)  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
 entitled  to receive free of charge a bowhunting privilege and a muzzle-
 loading privilege.
   (G) A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO IS DULY QUALIFIED  AND  DESIGNATED  BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT TO GIVE INSTRUCTION AND ISSUE CERTIFICATION IN RESPONSI-
 BLE HUNTING, RESPONSIBLE BOWHUNTING OR  RESPONSIBLE  TRAPPING  PRACTICES
 REQUIRED  FOR  LICENSURE  UNDER SECTION 11-0713 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND WHO
 PROVIDES SUCH INSTRUCTION WITH OR WITHOUT COMPENSATION, IS  ENTITLED  TO
 RECEIVE  FREE  OF CHARGE A BOWHUNTING PRIVILEGE, A MUZZLE-LOADING PRIVI-
 LEGE, A TURKEY PERMIT, A DUCK STAMP, AND A DOE PERMIT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.