S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5292
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHIAVONI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
providing for persons with a disability to be eligible to receive a
fishing license for a reduced fee
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 4-a to read as follows:
4-A. A PERSON, RESIDENT IN THE STATE FOR AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS IMME-
DIATELY PRIOR TO THE DATE OF APPLICATION, WHO HAS A DISABILITY, AS SUCH
TERM IS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO
HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A FISH-
ING LICENSE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON IS ELIGIBLE, RENEWABLE EACH YEAR FOR A
FIVE DOLLAR FEE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09132-01-5
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