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                                  4813

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 20, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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  the
  issuance  of free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to members of
  the Seneca nation

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision 4 of section
11-0703 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by  section  2
of  part  R  of  chapter  58  of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
  (2) Indian residents or members of the six  nations  residing  on  any
reservation wholly or partly within the state, AND MEMBERS OF THE SENECA
NATION RESIDING WITHIN THE STATE; and
  S  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 11-0715 of the environmental conserva-
tion 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, OR A MEMBER OF THE SENECA NATION RESIDING  WITHIN  THE
STATE,  is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a hunt-
ing 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 fishing 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  excluding  members  of  the
inactive  national  guard  and  individual ready reserve, is entitled to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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receive free of charge a fishing license, a hunting license, and a trap-
ping license; and a resident who is blind is entitled to receive a fish-
ing 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 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.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.