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                                  8086

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 5, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KAMINSKY, RAIA, THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT, GUNTHER,
  BUCHWALD, MAGEE -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  BORELLI,  FINCH,
  GRAF,  SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
  mental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  authorizing  free  fishing,  hunting, and trapping licenses to certain
  individuals

  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
entitled 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  organ-
ized  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  fish-
ing 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 central  visual  acuity  does

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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not  exceed  20/200  in  the better eye with correcting lenses, or [(b)]
(II) 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[.];
  (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[.]; AND
  (G) A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO DEMONSTRATES IN A MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO
THE DEPARTMENT THAT HE OR SHE WAS  A  PARTICIPANT  IN  THE  WORLD  TRADE
CENTER  RESCUE,  RECOVERY, OR CLEANUP, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED
SIXTY-ONE OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION  LAW  AND  SUFFERED  A  PERMANENT
DISABILITY,  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A
FISHING LICENSE, A HUNTING LICENSE, AND A TRAPPING LICENSE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2016.