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                                  4176

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- 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
  cost of various hunting, fishing and trapping licenses

  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; 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 greater than 20
degrees.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  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] SIXTY-
FIVE is entitled 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]  SIXTY-
FIVE  is entitled to receive free of charge a bowhunting privilege and a
muzzle-loading privilege.
  Each applicant for a license, permit or privilege  shall  pay  to  the
issuing  officer  a  fee,  according to the license, permit or privilege
issued and the residence or other qualification of the applicant.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0702 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion  law,  as amended by section 16 of part R of chapter 58 of the laws
of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  1. There are hereby created the following lifetime  hunting,  fishing,
trapping,  archery  and  muzzle-loading  privileges  and  fees  therefor
subject to the same privileges and obligations  of  a  comparable  short
term license:

             Licenses                               Fees
      a. Lifetime license
     including a hunting license,
     fishing license and turkey
     permit. If purchased,
     for a  child four years
     of age or younger                              $380.00

      for a child age five through
     eleven years of age                            $535.00

      for a person age twelve through
     [sixty-nine] SIXTY-FOUR
     years of age                                   $765.00

      for a person age [seventy]
     SIXTY-FIVE and over.                           $ 65.00

      b. Lifetime
     hunting license.                               $535.00

      c. Lifetime fishing
     license for a person age
     [sixty-nine] SIXTY-FOUR
     or younger.                                    $460.00

      d. Lifetime fishing license
     for a person age [seventy]
     SIXTY-FIVE and over.                           $ 65.00

      e. Lifetime trapping
     license.                                       $395.00

      f. Lifetime archery
     privilege.                                     $235.00

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      g. Lifetime muzzle-
     loading privilege.                             $235.00

      h. For transfer to a person pursuant
     to section 11-0704 of this title               $ 50.00

  The  holder  of a lifetime hunting license or lifetime fishing license
may, at any time, convert such license to a lifetime license pursuant to
paragraph a of this subdivision for  an  additional  fee  equal  to  the
difference  between  the  current  fee  for  the new license and the fee
originally paid for the license.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.