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                                 2383--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2015
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Introduced  by  M. of A. CROUCH, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. DiPIETRO, HAWLEY, WOZNIAK -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
  tee  on  Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on
  Environmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  providing tax credits equal to the cost of hunting and fishing license
  fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers

  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  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 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 fish-
ing 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 exclud-
ing members of the inactive national guard and individual ready reserve,
is  entitled  to  receive  free  of  charge a fishing license, a hunting
license, and a  trapping  license;  A  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  WORKER,  AS
DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE
WORKERS' BENEFIT LAW, OR A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN, AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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A. 2383--A                          2

ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE  OF  THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW, IS
ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A NEW YORK STATE TAX CREDIT EQUAL TO THE COST  OF  A
FISHING LICENSE, AND A SMALL AND BIG GAME 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 limitation of the field of vision such
that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no great-
er 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 2. This act shall take effect immediately.