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                                  5180

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 3, 2011
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Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to waiv-
  ing certain fishing and hunting fees for members of the United  States
  armed forces in active service

  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 3 of part KK of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2009, 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  small  and big game license, a sportsman license, a muzzle-
loading stamp, a trapping license, and a bow hunting stamp; [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 fishing license, a small and big game 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 excluding members of the inactive national
guard and individual ready reserve,  is  entitled  to  receive  free  of
charge  a  fishing license, a small and big game 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 limita-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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tion  of the field of vision such that the widest 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  sportsman  license at the cost of ten dollars as a
license fee.
  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, and a trapping 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 stamp and a muzzle-loading
stamp.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.